Economics

According to Land Title Guarantee Company , Eagle County passed the $1 billion dollar mark in sales in November 2011.  This is the 14th year since 1996 that the county has passed the $1 billion dollar mark with the exception of 2009.  There were 121 sales in November that totaled $124.8 million.  The majority of the transactions were down valley in Eagle and Gypsum.  Lower priced homes made up the majority of the sales; with 71% of the sales being under $1 million dollars.

The largest price per square foot home was in Vail's Solaris Residences. The Vail Golf Course was the area with the highest average sales price; $6.2 million over two transactions. One of those sales was a newly built home which sold for $9.25 million which was the highest priced transaction in all of Eagle County for the month of November.  There were nine transactions over $4 million in the month of November which was the most transactions in this category in any month in 2011.