ASPEN — The number of foreclosure filings reversed course in the Roaring Fork Valley in the third quarter of this year. Filings during the first half of the year looked like they were going to eclipse the record pace of the first half of 2011. That led to speculation that lenders were finally getting around to lowering the boom on beleaguered homeowners who struggled through the recession to hold Continue Reading

ASPEN — Pitkin County property values are still in decline. That, at least, is what some individual property owners are likely to see when they receive a notice of valuation in the mail in May. While the county Assessor's Office has only begun to analyze the data — namely property sales that occurred over an 18-month to two-year period ending June 30 — the county is tentatively bracing for a 15 Continue Reading

Real estate deals up in September and filling city coffers by Dorothy Atkins, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Thursday, October 18, 2012 September so far has been the biggest month in 2012 for Aspen real estate sales and that is translating into a better year than expected for tax revenues that fund the Wheeler Opera House and the affordable housing program. Last month, there was over $56 Continue Reading