EagleCounty real estate continues to rise at more than twice the sales volume of2009; transactions are 79% above those in 2009.

Thesenumbers are an impressive boost to real estate in the mountains compared to ayear ago. When compared to 2008, our transactions are down just 18% and dollarvolume is down 33%.

VailVillage had the highest dollar volume by far in May with sales totaling nearly $42million over 12 transactions. Six of those transactions sold for over $4million.

Thetotal sales volume for Eagle County in transactions of $4 million or moreaccounted for $48 million in volume. These sales have helped boost our year-to-dateaverage sales price to $1,155,314.

Year-to-date,Vail Village and Beaver Creek are the areas that have experienced the highestsales volume, both increasing by more than 55% over last year. Avon hasthe most transactions thus far this year with 94 and it is nearly 4 times thevolume seen in 2009. Avon’s volume and transactions are due largely in part asa result of sales in Westin Riverfront.

Year-to-datethrough May 2010, there have been 29 bank-owned properties sold throughoutEagle County.