Mountain Homes

Why Is Tom Cruise Selling His Telluride Home for (Gulp!) $59 Million?

By Candy Evans / January 2, 2015 /

10,000 plus square feet with only four bedrooms, four baths and some change. Sounds like some of our Preston Hollow listings. But warning: Telluride has heated up. Looking for something a bit more affordable than $59 million? We’ve already told you about the the Villas at Cortina. We’ll tell you about some more, too.  But…

Off to the Mountains for the Holidays? The Villas at Cortina Are Your Perfect Telluride Home-Away-From-Home

By Candy Evans / December 26, 2014 /

We all know how much North Texans love to head to the mountains of Colorado for the holidays. One of the top destinations for Dallasites is Telluride, Colorado. The town happens to be the county seat of San Miguel County in southwest Colorado, a former mining town in the San Juan Mountains. But ever since…

Monday Morning Millionaire I: Mega Mountain Home With Meditation Room Overlooks the Alleghenys

By Candy Evans / May 19, 2014 /

I happen to be checking out the luxury real estate offerings at The Greenbrier Sporting Club in White Sulphur Springs, West Virgina. Whole story coming up on SecondShelters.com. This place is exploding with growth and fun. Thought you might want a sneak peak to see what five and a half million buys you in the…

Slopeside Retreat in Crested Butte, Colorado Gets You On the Mountain in Less Than Five

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 8, 2014 /

Imagine a place where you can mingle with Olympians and extreme athletes, be surrounded by panoramic views, fish off your sailboat in the summer, throw on your skis in the winter, and warm yourself by the fire at night – all without ever leaving the mountain or the comforts of home. Of course we find…

Will Legal Pot Make Colorado Ski Homes a Smoking Commodity? Realtors Doubt Toking Will Lead to a New Joint

By Joanna England / February 19, 2014 /

We’ve seen photos and stories from Colorado ski towns such as Aspen and Breckenridge showing vacationers filing lines out the door at marijuana shops, so of course, we had to wonder what kind of impact legal pot could have on Colorado real estate. Are more buyers putting it in their pipes and smoking it?

Turns out the Colorado Association of Realtors was wondering the exact same thing. After all, with 136 pot retailers in the state as of Dec. 2013, buyers were throwing green after green, eventually causing a state-wide shortage of smokables. But is recreational marijuana a boon for Colorado real estate, or a burden?