Ski Homes

Great News for Sun Valley/Ketchum: Pre-Fire Evacuation Statuses Lifted

By Candy Evans | August 24, 2013 | Comments Off on Great News for Sun Valley/Ketchum: Pre-Fire Evacuation Statuses Lifted

I was in Denver last year when the Waldo Canyon fires were burning, and at least 650 homes — maybe more — burned. That’s why I was closely watching, this week, the Beaver Creek, Idaho fires that were threatening Sun Valley. The Ketchum ski community has been trying to make a real estate come-back, fire…

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Golfer Jim Furyk is Selling His Empire Pass Ski Condo For Almost $2.4 M

By Joanna England | August 23, 2013 | Comments Off on Golfer Jim Furyk is Selling His Empire Pass Ski Condo For Almost $2.4 M

Word comes from Ben Fisher of Summit Sotheby’s International Realty that Jim Furyk, one of the best golfers in the world and the one with the most distinctive swing, is selling his Deer Valley ski condo for a tidy $2.399 million. The 2,100-square-foot condo is inside the exclusive Flagstaff at Empire Pass, the newest building…

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3RD HOME Expands Affiliate Portfolio with Addition of Three Premiere Residence Clubs, Including Costa Baja

By Candy Evans | August 20, 2013 |

This is great news — I am a big fan of 3rd Home, and an even bigger fan now to hear who all is joining the vacation home party: Tucker’s Point Club in Bermuda, The Deer Valley Club and– Costa Baja in La Paz, Mexico, one of my favorite Cabo area getaways. In fact, I…

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Maintaining a Vacation or Second Home: Why a Concierge Service Ought to Come With the Title

By Candy Evans | August 24, 2012 |

As my site’s tagline reads, “you can never have too many homes.” Apparently, many buyers and homeowners agree. The latest Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey from the National Association of Realtors reported that vacation-home sales rose 7 percent in 2011. In all, as I may have told you, vacation-home sales accounted for a healthy…

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Honoring Tonight’s Republican Debates: Here’s the Huntsman Family’s Second Home

By Candy Evans | January 23, 2012 |

We sure don’t hope he dropped out of the race because of this home. The Utah governor/ ambassador to China gets to ski in this $49.5 million Park City Utah ski compound when he hits the slopes. Huntsman’s father, businessman Jon Huntsman, Sr. is a billionaire and profoundly generous philanthropist who has given more than a billion dollars…

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In Sun Valley, Ski Condos Once Bought as Lockers Are, Well, Ski Condos Once Again

By Candy Evans | December 1, 2011 |

Yesterday, I told you about the Sun Valley area of Idaho, that popular ski resort where Bruce Willis is unloading a lot of property, commercial and residential. Sun Valley was the country’s first ski resort, but prices are very soft. And now, even the condos that the rich bought as ski lockers are half price. Apparently,…

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