October had the second highest number of transactions in the Vail area for any month this year, 130, only exceeded by September. This brings the year to date total for transactions to 1,100, 6% above last year’s volume through the same time period. While the majority of these transactions were under $500,000, 51%; more than 10% of the transactions have sold for more than $2 million.

The Vail Valley Luxury Lifestyle kicks off  in this summer with The Vail Valley Foundation’s The Teva Mountain Games,  the nation’s largest celebration of mountain sports, art, lifestyle and music. This four day Vail Valley festival is being held June 2-5, 2011 has something for everyone from competitive kayaking, rafting, mountain biking, road cycling, bouldering, climbing, my favorite fishing, paddling, running and more. In addition to the athletic events,  the public is invited to enjoy the film festival,  interactive exhibition, demo area, live music, and mountain lifestyle parties plus mountain photography competition, and adventure film school.