Jeff Greene became a billionaire during the recession by betting that people would default on their mortgages. Now, happily ensconced in a 35,000-square-foot estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Greene has a more optimistic outlook about real estate, at least when it comes to the very rich. Standing on his private beach, the 59-year-old real estate tycoon pointed to his new luxury hotel down the Continue Reading

Property Type: RES w/Improvments Townhouse Address: 933 Main Street Unit A3 Carbondale, CO 81623 Status: Pending Asking Price: $409,000 List Number: 131349 Type: Condo/Townhouse/Duplex/Half Duplex Area: 07-Carbondale Proper Major Area: Carbondale Sub/Loc: Mountain Sage Continue Reading

Property Type: RES w/Improvments Condo Address: 240 Snowmass Club Circle 1439 Snowmass Village, CO 81615 Status: Closed Asking Price: $1,198,000 List Number: 132575 Type: Condo/Townhouse/Duplex/Half Duplex Area: 02-Snowmass Village Major Area: Snowmass Village Sub/Loc: Country Club Continue Reading

Property Type: RES w/Improvments Condo Address: 240 Snowmass Club Circle 1439 Snowmass Village, CO 81615 Status: Pending Asking Price: $1,198,000 List Number: 132575 Type: Condo/Townhouse/Duplex/Half Duplex Area: 02-Snowmass Village Major Area: Snowmass Village Sub/Loc: Country Club Continue Reading

Make that five real estate sales of at least $10 million in Pitkin County this year. And it’s just the middle of January. On Wednesday, what’s been marketed as the “Aspen Penthouse” took in $13.2 million. The 4,415-square-foot Cooper Avenue condo, owned by a consortium of Aspen businessmen including Andy Hecht, Nikos Hecht and Joshua Saslove, had been listed since March 2013, when it had an Continue Reading

Aspen, Colorado: Sky Hotel Updates Today, Erik Cavarra shares an article written in the Aspen Daily News: Dumont, Chaumont condos withdraw opposition after confidential agreement Neighbors of the Sky Hotel who were fighting the lodge’s proposed redevelopment have withdrawn their opposition after reaching a confidential agreement with the property’s owners. The settlement involves the Continue Reading

Five-time major champion golfer Phil Mickelson and his wife, Amy, have sold their compound in Rancho Santa Fe for $5.725 million. The Tuscan-style estate returned to the market in November at about $6 million with Jordan Cohen of RE/MAX Olson and Associates Estate Brokerage and Linda Sansone of Linda Sansone & Associates attached to the listing. Mickelson, who owns other property in the Continue Reading

A luxe Viking island owned by the world's sixth-richest athlete, golfer Tiger Woods, is up for sale,the Telegraph of London reports. Naturally it has room for putting practice, with half a dozen tee boxes and a golf hole. It also has a private ferry, stables and pasture land, its own protected bay, a "mini-mansion" of a villa, a hunting lodge and a landing strip. Oh -- and it also has a "hill Continue Reading

Snowmass Village, Colorado:  Today, Erik Cavarra highlights recent NEW Lot Listings in Snowmass Village.  Lots are being purchased in the name of an LLC, purchased for lower prices, and then re-listed at higher prices.  Here's a look at a few: CMA: Comparable Properties: Active / New Listings   125004 137035 137075   841 Serviceberry Snowmass Village CO 180 Continue Reading