You haven't really experienced Land Rover until you've driven one. Once you have, you'll want one of your own. You're invited to experience Land Rover at Winter Park, where you will have the opportunity to drive off-road with a Driving Instructor by your side on a specially constructed course. 9:00 am- 4:00 pm in the G Lot. Reserve your [...]

Real Estate of Winter Park is a proud supporter of the “Grand Bag Project”, a collaborative effort of 28 Mountain Resort Towns throughout the West to reduce the consumption of single use disposable shopping bags. This is a friendly competition to encourage the use of reusable shopping bags. The contest runs from March 1, 2009, through [...]

One of the great things about living in Winter Park is all the options for extreme sports such as snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking and most recently skateboarding. Winter Park opened it's skate park in late 2007. Since opening, it has provided a positive and exciting environment for kids and adults alike. Many kids in the valley have [...]

Until 20 years ago a moose sighting in Colorado was rare, but today the state's moose population is growing thanks to the Colorado Division of Wildlife's reintroduction in the late 1970's Colorado's Shiras moose range from 600 to 800 pounds for a cow (female) to up to 1,200 pounds for a bull (male). Despite their large size a moose can run [...]

When I meet a prospective buyer or seller for the first time, it always amuses me when they ask me, “Do you live here?” Of course I live here. This is where I live, work, play with my family and community. At Real Estate of Winter Park, one of our biggest passions is giving back to the community in which we live. This is our home. We [...]

Many buyers in Winter Park, CO and other resort towns express a desire to rent their condo or home when they aren't using it themselves. This is a great option for helping to off set mortgage and HOA costs. Since many buyers are new to the market, I often get asked what options are available for renting. There are basically two options, [...]

Every year I look forward to the first Monday and March, and this year was no exception! It's a day like few others for me throughout the year. A day with no cell phones, no email, and no talk about the Winter Park Real Estate market or interest rates. There are no worries or talk of the struggling economy, or the declining stock market. [...]

In an effort to stimulate the slowing economy and help revive the housing market congress has enacted legislation providing a tax credit up to $8,000 for first-time home buyers. The home must be purchased on or before January 1, 2009 and December 1, 2009. The governement defines "first-time home buyer" as a buyer who has not owned a [...]