Beat the Market, Buy Land
By Channing Boucher, Crested Butte's Trusted Real Estate Advisor
(LIV Sotheby's International Realty)
Greetings from Crested Butte,It is no longer a secret that Upper East River Valley residential real estate prices are rising and it is getting expensive to buy a house or condo here. What many don't know about our local market is the opportunity to buy land including subdivision homesites, larger acreage and ranch land offerings. Today, our market's best value proposition is unimproved land. Obviously you'll need to build a house to complete the process but when you receive that certificate of occupancy you'll likely have an asset with solid equity built in.Why is purchasing land a great play in the Crested Butte area? Land values have not rebounded like home values. With the exception of the Town of Crested Butte where land values are the highest they've even been due to absolute scarc...
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