Ski Resort Keystone Real Estate Listings on the Rise – Invest to be Profitable
Every
spring, as the snow melts and the chairlifts stop running, ski resort real
estate markets experience a significant rise in the number of new listing
coming on the Keystone real estate market. This makes the season between Memorial
Day and Easter the time of year when prospective Keystone real estate buyers
have the greatest number of properties to choose from. The reasons for this are
as follows.
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Why Ski Resort Keystone Real Estate
Properties is A Preferable Investment?
Many
ski resort Keystone real estate property owners hold their ski homes and condos
for occasional personal use while renting them out to vacationers for most of
the year. Although most ski resorts are increasingly becoming year round
destinations, the majority of real estate rental income is still being made
during the winter months. Many Keystone real estate owners put their properties
up for sale after they have made their winter rental income with the hope of not
having to pay the carrying costs of the property during that time of year when
rental income is somewhat lower.
Also,
even those ski resort Keystone real estate property owners that have their resort
homes and condos primarily for personal use typically do so for the purposes of
family ski vacations. As kids grow up, parents get older, and grandchildren
become part of the family, vacation choices and residence needs change. After
one last ski season in a particular residence, many families choose to put
their property on the market with the intention of upgrading to something
larger, downgrading to something smaller, or cashing out of the ski resort environment
altogether.
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What is the Best Time to Buy Ski
Resort Keystone Real Estate Properties?
Finally,
and perhaps most importantly, summer and spring is the time of year when most
potential Keystone real estate buyers are looking for something to purchase. This
is true across the American real estate market in general but is especially
true in ski resort Keystone real estate markets for the following reasons:
While
most people first visit ski resort Keystone real estate area during the
wintertime, they need to experience that area during the spring and/or summer
as well before making the decision to purchase something there.
Also,
since a great deal of ski resort Keystone real estate is held for rental income
purposes, and since the ski season is the time of year with the lowest vacancy
rates, this is also the time of year that prospective buyers are the least
likely to be able to gain access to a home or condo that might be of interest
to them. If a property is being rented out to a vacationer, the rental
management company handling the property will not allow access to anyone else
as doing so would certainly generate complaints from the guests. Prospective Keystone
real estate buyers know this and therefore schedule their property viewing
appointments during those times of year that they are most likely to gain
access.
Finally,
in addition to the simple matter of availability mentioned above, driving
around looking at property in winter conditions is not always a particularly
pleasant experience. Many people would much rather spend their vacation time on
the ski slopes than in the car during this time of year. And in the case of
vacant land, snowshoes are often required to walk a property in the wintertime
and engineering reports like wetland surveys and septic system studies need to
be performed in the summer and spring anyway.
For
all of those reasons, on both the buying and selling side of the equation, the
springtime and early summer is the time of year when most ski resort Keystone
real estate listings come on the market with a corresponding increase in sales
as well.
Looking
for an ideal Keystone real estate property to buy this year? Contact the Team
Walsh at Slifer Smith & Frampton Real Estate.
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