Tim Estin MBA, GRI

Aspen CO Real Estate Broker
Call Tim: (970) 309-6163

I am cited regularly for insights into the Aspen real estate market. The objective is to inform and educate reliably with honesty and forthrightness. I focus solely on the market. – never on clients, deals, or hearsay. Confidentiality is my fiduciary duty and discretion my nature,

AJ: Aspen Journalism
AM: Aspen Magazine
BB: Bloomberg News                                       ADN: Aspen Daily News
LRER: Luxury Real Estate Report                  CPR: Colorado Public Radio
AT: Aspen Times                                               DP: Denver Post
DBJ: Denver Business Journal
FM: Forbes Magazine                                       LRE: LuxuryRealEstate.com
RMN: Rocky Mountain News                          BW: Business Week
WSJ: Wall St Journal                                         KAJX: Aspen Public Radio
TRD: TheReal Deal                                            ASM: Aspen Sojourner Magazine
MBJ: Mountain Business Journal                   NW: NewWest.net
ML: Merrill Lynch Wealth Mgmt Report      FT: Financial Times
BBC: BBC Travel                                                CS: Curbed Ski
AP: Aspen Peak Magazine                               BG: Boston Globe
DBJ: Denver Business Journal
RR: Robb Report
CS: Colorado Sun
CBS Marketwatch
Town & Country Magazine
Mansion Global
Miller Samuels Matrix
Financial Post
BDB.org (Business Develop. Board of Palm Beach)
VD: Vail Daily

Most of the articles are linked below with the most recent on top.

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Aspen Times: Aspen Snowmass Market Experiences Slowest First-Half Since Covid

July 8, 2026

Excerpt:  The Aspen Snowmass real estate market is currently experiencing its slowest first-half since the COVID-19 years of 2020-21 despite record stock market performance, according to the most recent real estate snapshot from Aspen Snowmass Sotheby’s broker Tim Estin. Year-to-date, from Jan. 1 to Jun 30, and compared to the… Read More

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  1. 149. Media Mogul Byron Allen Buys 76 Placer Lane in Aspen for $91.3M/$6,813 SF
    June 1, 2026
  2. 148. Bill Koch’s 52-Acre Aspen Estate To Be Auctioned July 7th, Financial Advisor
    May 28, 2026
  3. 147. Colorado Mountain Town Real Estate Slowing After Heady Post-Pandemic Surge, Colorado Sun
    May 27, 2026
  4. 146. Aspen Times: Estin Report 2025 Year in Review and Q1 2026 Sees Sales Fall
    April 10, 2026
  5. 145. St Benedicts Monastery in Old Snowmass Sells for $120M To Data Intel Founder
    December 18, 2025
  6. 144. Has the Aspen Real Estate Market Peaked? Financial Times
    November 14, 2025
  7. 143. In Aspen Patrick Dovigi is Normalizing Real Estate Trades Over $50M, WSJ
    July 31, 2025
  8. 142. Real Estate is Aspen’s Cinderella Story, Aspen Luxury Insider (ALI)
    July 2, 2025
  9. 141. The Aspen 80 – More Billionaires Amongst Us, Aspen Journalism
    June 12, 2025
  10. 140. Aspen Estate in West End Sells for $52.5M amid Hot Market, The Real Deal
    June 3, 2025
  11. 139. Aspen Times: Q125 Estin Report for Aspen Snowmass Real Estate Shows Growth
    April 19, 2025
  12. 138. Snowmass’s Viewline Lodge Property Sells for $144M, ADN
    April 8, 2025
  13. 137. Tim Estin LinkedIn Inaugural Interview by Sotheby’s International Realty – NYC Corporate
    March 23, 2025
  14. 136. COVID-19 AS THE GREAT ACCELERATOR, ASPEN JOURNALISM & ADN
    March 22, 2025
  15. 135. Aspen’s Real Estate Market is Stabilizing According to Aspen Broker Tim Estin, AT
    February 2, 2025
  16. 134. Multi-Million Dollar Listings Hit Aspen’s Luxury Real Estate Market, WSJ
    December 13, 2024
  17. 133. Patrick Dovigi Sells Aspen Mansion for $55M Months After Buying it for $48.75M, WSJ
    December 4, 2024
  18. 132. Jack Nicholson’s Former Lake Ave Historic Home Sells at a West End Aspen Record $59.75M/$7,543 SF
    September 24, 2024
  19. 131. American Towns are Rebelling Against Megamansions, WSJ
    July 17, 2024
  20. 130. Chalet Style West End Aspen Home at 501 W Hopkins Sells for $36.975M, WSJ
    March 4, 2024
  21. 129. Aspen Real Estate Transfer Tax Collections Down in 2023
    January 29, 2024
  22. 128. Super-rich Shake up Aspen’s Curated Snow Dome, FT Financial Times
    January 11, 2024
  23. 127. Why Aspen’s Real Estate Market Appears to Be Unstoppable, WSJ
    October 19, 2023
  24. 126. 42726 Hwy 82 in East Aspen Sells Off Market at $70M, WSJ
    September 19, 2023
  25. 125. Aspen Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Collections in H123 Show Market Slowdown
    July 24, 2023
  26. 124. Aspen Real Estate Market Cools But Prices Remain High, Bloomberg
    July 13, 2023
  27. 123. Estin Report on Aspen Real Estate Market, Aspen Public Radio /KAJX
    April 19, 2023
  28. 122. Pitkin County Says Limits Will Keep Taxes From Rising Like Home Prices, Aspen Times
    April 7, 2023
  29. 121. Aspen Home Listed at $41M – More than Double Its 2019 Price, WSJ
    March 28, 2023
  30. 120. How Would Recession Affect Aspen Real Estate, Aspen Times
    March 13, 2023
  31. 119. 2022 Year in Review Pitkin County, the Aspen Real Estate Market, Sees Record Low Inventory & Record High Prices
    December 30, 2022
  32. 118. Then, He Thought It Might Sell for Maybe $30M, Now 15 Mos Later Its the Steal of the Century, WSJ
    November 17, 2022
  33. 117. Aspen Contemporary Home Sells for $48M in Latest Off Market Sale, WSJ
    November 3, 2022
  34. 116. Snowmass Village Home Prices Up as Unit Sales Fall, Aspen Times
    September 7, 2022
  35. 115. Wall St West Booms with Aspen’s New Crop of Elites, Bloomberg
    August 30, 2022
  36. 114. Aspen Real Estate Market May be Slowing But Home Prices likely to Hold, BLoomberg
    July 11, 2022
  37. 113. Aspen Mountain Ski-In, Ski-out Estate Listed at $100M, Denver Business Journal
    July 9, 2022
  38. 112. Wealthy Buyers Swarm Aspen’s Crazy Real Estate Market, WSJ
    June 3, 2022
  39. 111. Extreme property flip examples in an already flush Aspen real estate market, ADN
    March 31, 2022
  40. 110. Another Aspen real estate market boom in 2021 with $4 billion-plus sold, AT
    January 2, 2022
  41. 109. Estin: Looking back on the last 6 months to get ahead of the Aspen real estate market, Aspen Daily News
    September 13, 2021
  42. 108. Real estate frenzy in Colorado resorts is changing mountain character, Colorado Sun
    May 12, 2021
  43. 107. Aspen real estate market blows past $3B in record 2020 sales in response to ‘Great Urban Exodus’
    January 4, 2021
  44. 106. New $75MM Aspen Mega Estate Home Listing Comes with Bowling Alley and Indoor Pool
    January 2, 2021
  45. 105. Aspen Real Estate Market: A Year of Big Changes
    January 1, 2021
  46. 104. Prices Up as Supply Shrinks in Aspen Real Estate Market Report, AT
    December 10, 2020
  47. 103. Aspen real estate – boom town means entrance for some, exit ramp for others
    November 22, 2020
  48. 102. Aspen Snowmass Real Estate Continues its Skyward Climb, ADN
    November 9, 2020
  49. 101. Covid 19 Pandemic boosts sales of luxury homes in resort communities, CBS Marketwatch
    October 11, 2020
  50. 100. 3rd Quarter 2020 Aspen Real Estate Tops $1.5B, AT
    October 5, 2020
  51. 99. Pandemic Home Buyers Drive Aspen’s New Gold Rush, WSJ
    October 2, 2020
  52. 98. Aspen Real Estate Market Article in Sep/Oct 2020 Private Air Magazine/Finance
    September 18, 2020
  53. 97. David Solomon Goldman CEO Shops His Sprawling Aspen Estate as Rich Flee Cities, Bloomberg
    September 17, 2020
  54. 96. Covid 19 Exodus Puts Pressure on Medical Facilities in Posh Vacation Resorts, Kaiser Health News
    September 15, 2020
  55. 95. Urban Exodus Results in Aspen School Enrollment and Real Estate Trending Up, AT
    August 21, 2020
  56. 94. The Great Urban Exodus: Colorado Resort Towns Flood with Second Home Buyers, Burst in School Enrollment
    July 28, 2020
  57. 93. Aspen Real Estate Up as Wealthy Head to the Mountains, AT
    July 19, 2020
  58. 92. 2018 Real Estate – Snowmass Surges, Aspen Slips – Pitkin County Sees $1.8B in Sales, AT
    January 6, 2019
  59. 91. Falling Aspen Real Estate Inventory Creates Seller’s Market, AT
    June 5, 2018
  60. 90. Aspen Pitkin County Real Estate Surpasses $1.9B in 2017, AT
    January 16, 2018
  61. 89. Congress’s New Tax Bill May Affect 2nd Homeowners from E. Hampton to Lake Tahoe, Bloomberg News 11.10.17
    November 14, 2017
  62. 88. High End Aspen Real Estate Bounces Back Big-Time, AT
    September 3, 2017
  63. 87. Aspen Real Estate Charging Ahead in 2017, ADN
    June 26, 2017
  64. 86. Colorado Mtn Real Estate Market in Aspen, Vail, Telluride, and Others Down in 2016 as Luxury Sales Decline
    February 27, 2017
  65. 85. Colorado Mountain Real Estate Market in Aspen and Others Down in 2016 as Luxury Sales Decline, DP
    February 27, 2017
  66. 84. Aspen Real Estate Market’s Sudden Collapse Puzzles Brokers, DP
    August 14, 2016
  67. 83. Aspen Real Estate Sales Drop Felt Beyond Buyers and Sellers, ADN
    July 11, 2016
  68. 82. Aspen Real Estate Sales Drop Felt Beyond Buyers and Sellers, ADN
    July 11, 2016
  69. 81. What’s the Big Deal: Aspen Grove Home Sells for $3.3M, AT
    June 13, 2016
  70. 80. The Aspen Real Estate Market is Up 16% for 2015, Snowmass Still Lags, KAJX
    December 24, 2015
  71. 79. From Trailer Park to Aspen, a View of the Nation’s Vast Wealth Gap, BG
    March 30, 2015
  72. 78. Aspen, CO – Special Real Estate Report, Palace Magazine (Asia)
    January 14, 2015
  73. 77. Aspen Real Estate on the Rise, KAJX / NPR
    December 29, 2014
  74. 76. Aspen Area Real Estate Sales Up in 2014, AT
    December 28, 2014
  75. 75. Aspen Sales Market to See Best Year Since 2007, Real Deal
    December 27, 2014
  76. 74. Aspen Real Estate: 2014 Year End Summary Through Dec 22, 2014, ABJ
    December 27, 2014
  77. 73. Total 2014 Real Estate Sales in Aspen Hit $1.1 billion, Highest Since 2007, DP
    December 26, 2014
  78. 72. Downtown Aspen Penthouses Diminishing Asset Class, ADN
    December 5, 2014
  79. 71. Aspen Real Estate Market Up Says Estin Report, KAJX / NPR
    July 22, 2014
  80. 70. Aspen Real Estate Starts Strong in 1st Half 2014, AT
    July 12, 2014
  81. 69. Strong 2014 Real Estate Sales Fill Aspen’s Affordable Housing Chest, ADN
    May 13, 2014
  82. 68. Colorado Mountain Resort Property Sales Down Slightly for 2013, DP
    March 5, 2014
  83. 67. Second Home Markets and Winter Getaways for Cabin Fevered New Yorkers, RD
    February 3, 2014
  84. 66. Spec Home Building Activity Returns to the Aspen Real Estate Market, AT
    January 15, 2014
  85. 65. KAJX Aspen News: Valley Roundup “Aspen Real Estate 2013”
    January 3, 2014
  86. 64. 2013 Pitkin Co. Real Estate: Dollar Sales Off Slightly but Unit Sales Up Sharply, AT
    December 31, 2013
  87. 63. Aspen Real Estate Posts Biggest 3rd Quarter Gains Since 2010, DBJ
    November 25, 2013
  88. 62. Condo Sales Fueling Aspen, Snowmass Real Estate Market, ABJ
    October 16, 2013
  89. 61. Forest Service Nets $7.01M in Aspen Ranger District Land Auction, DP
    August 30, 2013
  90. 60. Aspen’s US Forest Service Sells 5 Lots For $7.01M To 3 Buyers, CS
    August 28, 2013
  91. 59. US Forest Service Vacant Lot Auction Results, ADN
    August 28, 2013
  92. 58. Aspen Real Estate Auctions & Report Indicate Aspen Luxury Sales Still Slow, AT
    August 13, 2013
  93. 57. Aspen Real Estate Sales Stable Not Recovering as Quickly as Expected, Aspen Public Radio
    August 2, 2013
  94. 56. Estin report on the current Aspen real estate market, ski.curbed.com
    July 30, 2013
  95. 55. Estin Report: Aspen, Vail Lagging Behind Coastal Luxury Real Estate Markets, ABJ
    July 30, 2013
  96. 54. Estin Report in BBC Travel, “Living in Great Cities for Outdoor Adventure”, July 24, 2013
    July 26, 2013
  97. 53. Aspen Real Estate Takes a Pause in Jan and Feb 2013, ABJ
    March 18, 2013
  98. 52. Colorado Resorts’ Housing Market Rebounds, DP
    February 17, 2013
  99. 51. Weak Nov. 2012 Aspen Real Estate Sales Precede Strong Year End Boost, ABJ
    January 9, 2013
  100. 50. Strong October Real Estate Sales Boost Year End Prospects, ABJ
    December 12, 2012
  101. 49. September Sales Jump Due to Snowmass Base Village Closing, ABJ
    November 10, 2012
  102. 48. “Looking Up at Last” – Merrill Lynch Wealth Mgmt Luxury Home Report
    October 25, 2012
  103. 47. Low End of Market Sees Prices Rise Nationally But Not in Aspen, ABJ
    October 8, 2012
  104. 46. Aspen Home Sales Up This Summer, but Overall Market Still Down, ABJ
    October 4, 2012
  105. 45. Good August Sales Boost Aspen Real Estate, AT 09.21.12
    September 21, 2012
  106. 44. USFS Looking to Sell Five West End Aspen Lots, ADN
    September 12, 2012
  107. 43. Aspen’s Smuggler Area Spec Home Sells at Record Discount, ABJ
    September 9, 2012
  108. 42. Aspen Real Estate Sales Down Through June, But Read the Fine Print, ABJ
    August 2, 2012
  109. 41. Monthly Aspen Snowmass Real Estate Report: Lack of Big Ticket Sales, ABJ
    July 6, 2012
  110. 40. Monthly Aspen Snowmass Real Estate Report: Lack of Big Ticket Sales, ABJ
    July 6, 2012
  111. 39. Aspen Real Estate in First Half of 2012 Bounces Along Rough Spots, AT
    July 4, 2012
  112. 38. Aspen Land Sales Signaling Market’s Return, Summit Daily
    July 1, 2012
  113. 37. Paulson Buys Saudi Prince’s Ranch in $49M Deal, BB
    June 6, 2012
  114. 36. No Little Nell Hotel for Snowmass? AT
    May 19, 2012
  115. 35. Monthly Aspen Real Estate Report: Feb Anchors Drop in 1Q 2012 Sales, ABJ
    April 11, 2012
  116. 34. Monthly Aspen Real Estate Update: Feb ’12 Steep Decline after Jan ’12 rise, ABJ
    March 12, 2012
  117. 33. Colorado Resort Homes Sell at Slower Pace, Lower Prices, DP
    March 7, 2012
  118. 32. Aspen Real Estate Report: Improvements but with Caveats in 2011, ABJ
    February 7, 2012
  119. 31. “High End of Aspen’s Real Estate Market Continues its Rebound”, KAJX Aspen / NPR Public Radio News Interview with Tim Estin
    November 24, 2011
  120. 30. Aspen Real Estate Sales Increase But Slowly, ADN
    October 15, 2011
  121. 29. Sales of Colorado Mountain Resort Homes in July Lowest in Years, DP
    September 9, 2011
  122. 28. Sales of Colorado Mountain Resort Homes in July Lowest in Years, DP
    September 9, 2011
  123. 27. Russian Billionaires Buy U.S. Estates as Overseas Wealth Flows, BB
    August 3, 2011
  124. 26. Mega-mansion Deals Spur Rebound in Aspen Market, GJS
    July 18, 2011
  125. 25. Estin Report Featured on the Aspen Music Festival 2011 Program
    July 1, 2011
  126. 24. Colorado Public Radio Interview with Tim Estin, “Real Estate in Aspen Recovering”
    March 8, 2011
  127. 23. Aspen Public Radio Interview with Tim Estin, “Behind the WSJ ‘Aspen’ Article Numbers”
    March 8, 2011
  128. 22. Aspen: The Most Expensive Town in America, WSJ
    March 4, 2011
  129. 21. Aspen-Area Economy Begins to Turn the Corner, AT
    February 14, 2011
  130. 20. Aspen Housing Market on the Rise, Denver Post
    December 31, 2010
  131. 19. Ski Resort Real Estate Rallies from 2009, AT
    December 31, 2010
  132. 18. Estin Report: 2010 Aspen Real Estate Summary, Aspen Business Journal
    December 31, 2010
  133. 17. ‘Aspen Legacy’ Property in Aspen Downtown Core Under Contract, ADN
    November 2, 2010
  134. 16. Aspen’s High End Real Estate is the Hot Trend, ADN
    August 2, 2010
  135. 15. Stealing Condos, Aspen Sojourner Magazine
    June 1, 2010
  136. 14. Pricing? What’s your Aspen Property Worth? Aspen Magazine
    May 25, 2010
  137. 13. Estin Report Says March Activity Boosts Real Estate Sales, ADN
    April 6, 2010
  138. 12. Tim Estin Interviewed on Colorado Public Radio/NPR
    January 5, 2010
  139. 11. Broker: Aspen Spec Home Market Leads Real Estate Decline, ADN
    November 6, 2009
  140. 10. Madoff Scandal Effects (Aspen) Community, Rocky Mountain News (Final Edition)
    February 28, 2009
  141. 9. Ski Towns Ride Out Global Downturn, The National, Abu Dhabi, UAE
    December 16, 2008
  142. 8. Aspen 2008 Economic Outlook: Will the Rich Keep Spending, ADN
    January 2, 2008
  143. 7. Unconventional Wisdom: Why the Big Bad Bubble May Pass Us Over, Aspen Magazine Magazine Feb 2008
    February 3, 2007
  144. 6. Aspen Real Estate: Bubble? A look to 2007, NewWest.net, Jan 24 2007
    January 24, 2007
  145. 5. Pitkin County Pushes Smaller Homes
    September 6, 2006
  146. 4. Off the Charts: Aspen’s Unprecedented Appreciation
    September 4, 2006
  147. 3. Escalating Aspen Real Estate Values Astound Even Experts
    September 4, 2006
  148. 2. Super-Size My House
    August 6, 2006
  149. 1. How Big is Too Big? The new Pitkin County Land Use Code – Resort Properties,07/06
    July 1, 2006

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