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Check out this segment on the Today Show about Denver being the #1 real estate market. This is only good news for mountain real estate since 50% of resort buyers are from the Front Range, Denver area. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30825142#30825142

Check out this view from Lake Dillon - the lake is like glass and the sun is shining. Another bluebird day in Summit County.

Time to get out your clubs and enjoy golf in the high country with world-class golf courses right at your fingertips.  The Raven at Three Peaks is now open. Visit ravenatthreepeaks.com for tee times. The Breckenridge Golf Club opens Friday, May 22. Visit http://www.townofbreckenridge.com/index.aspx?page=44 for tee times. Keystone River Course opens Friday, May 22. Visit keystonegolf.com for tee times. Keystone Ranch Course is scheduled to open June 19. keystonegolf.com Copper Creek is scheduled to open June 19. coppercolorado.com

We're working on The Source Magazine - the largest real estate buying tool in Summit County. Publish date is June 26. Look for us throughout Breckenridge and Summit County this summer. Now's the time to buy in the high country - great interest rates, a wide variety of available properties to choose from and the best prices in years.

Colorado homebuilders will be required to install carbon-monoxide detectors in new homes under a proposal signed into law in March. House Bill 1091 takes effect July 1 requiring installation of the detectors in new and resold homes near bedrooms as well as rented apartments and homes. The legislation was introduced after the death of Denver investment banker Parker Lofgren and his family. Lofgren, 39; his wife Caroline, 42; and their children, Owen, 10, and Sophie, 8, were found dead in a multimillion-dollar home near Aspen on Nov. 27, 2008, victims of carbon-monoxide poisoning. The family had won a holiday weekend stay in the home through a fundraiser. In January, University of Denver graduate student Lauren Johnson died in her apartment - also of carbon-monoxide poisoning. Neither of the homes had CO detectors. The new law is formally named “The Lofgren and Johnson Family Carbon Monoxide Safety Act.”

A tax credit of up to $8,000 is available for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. Unlike the tax credit enacted in 2008, the new credit does not have to be repaid. Contact your Broker/Partner to learn more at www.breckenridgeassociates.com, or call 800.774.7970.

Do you know the amount spent on Home Improvement projects for New Buyers verses Repeat Buyers and New Homes verses previously owned homes?http://www.realtor.org/research/economists_outlook/didyouknow/dyk050709td