Breckenridge Update

New Pizza Parlor - Tastes Great

Bill and Holly van der Hoeven just opened the Pizza Parlor.  I have known Bill and Holly for well over a decade.  They are great people & long term locals that know the pizza business.  I strongly encourage you to support this restaurant.

Service is great and the food top quality.
200 N. Main St (the corner of Main and Wellington)
(970) 453-2802

They Deliver (till around 10pm).

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com
www.YourMountainBroker.com
#1 Broker Associate in 2008 with RE/MAX, Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger.

Swamped with Sales

You read it correctly.  This past week I have been swamped helping buyers and sellers getting properties sold.  I am, as I type, right in the middle of negotiating a contract for a condo that has been on the market for 8 months.  I'll provide you more details later.  Here is an update:

• 19 Acres that have been on the market for almost two years is now under contract (seller is my client & I found the buyer).
• The condo mentioned above (seller is my client).
• A condo closes next week (my client, the seller, lives in Bermuda).
• I placed a $2,000,000+ three bedroom under contract today (I am working 110% as a team with Marty Frank of Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate on behalf of our mutual buyer).

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com
www.YourMountainBroker.com
#1 Broker Associate in 2008 with RE/MAX, Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger.

Sales VERY Strong for a VERY cold January

I am delighted to report:

1. This week I put two properties under contract for a buyer and a seller.
2. Yesterday I spoke with a buyer who say, "I am taking $2million out of the stock market.  I owned a home in Vail before but this time I want to invest in Breckenridge."
3. I just got a call from a broker who is emailing me an offer for a condo this afternoon.

I can say with confidence that the 3 points above are a strong indicator the marketing is doing well in Breckenridge!

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com
www.YourMountainBroker.com
#1 Broker Associate in 2008 with RE/MAX, Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger.

Please note the smiling cow photo has nothing to do with anything except it conveys how happy I am with all this recent market activity.

Learning With The Best & Making at Sale At the Same Time.

If you have been following this site for any length of time you will know I am a "life long learner".  This past Friday I went to Denver with a few other top notch Realtors from Breckenridge.  We attended a superb seminar that showcased some very successful Realtors.  I couldn't take notes fast enough.

While at the seminar I used my blackberry to stay connected with a buyer and seller.  As a result while at the meeting I was able to negotiate the completion of a sale of 19 acres of land near Breckenridge.  That is what I call a "two for one".  I was both learning and selling at the same time.

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com
www.YourMountainBroker.com
#1 Broker Associate in 2008 with RE/MAX, Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger.

The Mayor on his Early Morning...'Green Commute'

So here we are, both John and I, on the way to work around 7am-ish today.  I pass John and think, "A photo!" Just in time I jump out and snapped this shot while on French St near the Breckenridge Elementary School.

I just love it. I know the Mayor on a first name basis, he lives around the corner, he has an 'open forum' coffee with locals once a month
AND
he really does "walk the talk" or should I say "ride the talk".

A couple of weeks ago I posted some photos of John's bike and challenged our readers to identify the owner.  The winner of a Jeremy Dion CD (great local musician) is Laurie Best from the Town of Breckenridge Planning Department.  Way to go Laurie.

Love Life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@YourMountainBroker.com
www.YourMountainBroker.com

#1 Broker Associate in 2008 with RE/MAX, Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger.

Clients are saying, "We have reached the Bottom."

Hi,  By and large my Breckenridge real estate clients are very astute.  I listen.  I am starting to hear a sense of confidence, even before Obama's inauguration.  My clients that make their living in some way or another related to the stock market are saying we are on the way up.

This chart of the dow jones above for the past five years appears to support what I am hearing.  Of course if the markets have indeed reached the bottom that is good for confidence and will result in more real estate buyers.

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com
www.YourMountainBroker.com
#1 Broker Associate in 2008 with RE/MAX, Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger

80121 & 80424 & 80110 Looking Very Good

You might  be asking, "What the heck are those numbers?"  If you are a hard core marketer, as I am, you'll know exactly what these are.  These zip codes are in the epicenter of my market! 

Littleton ~ Cherry Hills ~Glenmore Country Club in Denver

I have lots of clients who live in these and other areas close to these zip codes.  Even if I don't have clients to visit in the area every once in a while I drive around my epicenter to see how things are going.  I did this yesterday.  Sure doesn't look like a recession.  Great news.  I saw plenty of new houses being built and plenty of money being spent.

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com
www.YourMountainBroker.com
The Breckenridge real estate blogger
Broker Associate, RE/MAX Breckenridge

Too Busy for Coffee! Great!

Hi Everyone,  I have good news.

I believe it is essential that I stay in close contact with the best, top producing, real estate brokers in Breck.  One of the other brokers I see often is Dennis Johnson (no relation) of Paffrath & Thomas also on Main St, Breckenridge.

Both Dennis and I have been too busy getting properties under contract on behalf of our clients today to meet!  See what I mean?  That is good news.

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com   www.YourMountainBroker.com
Broker Associate, RE/MAX Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger

Breakfast with Two 'Movers and Shakers'

My most favorite people are those that get things done and the two men above are prime examples.

 The other day I had breakfast at The French Bakery (on Main St in Breckenridge) with Roger McCarthy (on left), an international ski area consultant, and Alton Scales who heads up CMC (Colorado Mountain College) here in Summit County.

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
daniel@yourmountainbroker.com
Broker Associate, RE/MAX Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger

Buyers are Taking Control

Hi Everyone,  The sort of real estate market I like the best is one that is reasonably well balanced between Buyers and Sellers.  Right now we have more sellers than buyers.  The Buyers are taking control.  The email I received today (below) makes this very clear.

Two weeks ago I placed a 3 bedroom townhome w/ one car garage on the market in a prime, prime location (walk to the slopes and a block away from Main St, Breckenridge).  Here is overview of the complex:

• Last sale $1,165,000in Jan 2008
• 4 on the market at list prices vary from $1,1,650,000 to $1,279,000
• We placed the townhome on the market for $1,069,000 (priced same as sales 18 months ago)

Here is the exact wording I received from a very astute and experienced Breckenridge broker & owner of a real estate office.  He showed the condo yesterday:

"Thanks.  Went OK.  Buyer’s thought it was pricey.  Potential purchasers, as you know, we are looking and searching for great value.  Although comps may justify the price, they are looking at several other properties  with greater scrutiny and I believe they will be making an offer on one of them.  I will keep the property in mind."

Love life, Daniel Webster Johnson (970) 393-3300
Daniel@YourMountainBroker.com
Broker Associate at RE/MAX Breckenridge CO
The Breckenridge real estate blogger