Richard Uhl, real estate loan manager for First Interstate Bank in Jackson, and his associates visited the Sotheby’s office this morning to discuss the current lending climate. About a dozen agents took advantage. Beyond reiterating what we’ve all known for more than a year – lending guidelines for real estate transactions are very tight these days – Uhl and his team spent most of the half-hour...
Market statistics
The Western Mountain Resort Alliance (formerly known as the Rocky Mountain Resort Alliance) released third quarter real estate statistics for 12 resort communities similar to Teton County, WY, from Whistler, BC to Steamboat, CO. Overall, this mountain of statistics mainly compares apples to oranges and is of little direct value to someone focused on buying and selling real estate in Jackson Hole (or any...
Two national real estate stories caught my eye this morning. The first is from Realty Times and the second from RIS Media. Both tout the nationwide rise in October sales, which mirrors the strong October sales numbers for Teton County reported here last week. Both also make sure to give most of the credit to the $8,000 first-time homebuyer’s tax credit originally set to expire Nov. 30. The credit has...
Did you know guests at Four Seasons Jackson Hole with babies are provided complementary Western onesies? Check out the fifth graph of this story on traveling in style with young children. Speaking of Four Seasons, you might ask, with less than a week until the lifts at Jackson Hole mountain Resort reopen for the winter, what’s for sale in Four Seasons in Teton Village? Since you (may have) asked, the...