Estes Park housing market experiencing more listings

Families, professionals discovering lure of mountains

ESTES PARK — Nestled up against Rocky Mountain National Park and offering affordable mountain living, Estes Park continues to enjoy a healthy market in residential real estate.
According to the Estes Park Board of Realtors, 102 residential properties were sold through the end of August. This pace is just behind the 116 properties sold during the same period in 1996. The average price for residential properties was up — $201,537 for 1997 vs. $191,735 for 1996.
Rita Kurelia, the group˜s executive officer, said these numbers represent about 95 percent of the residential real estate transactions…