April was a patient month, not a soft one. Fewer than thirty single-family homes traded across the valley. But thin volume and a weak market are different things, and conflating them leads to bad decisions on both sides of a transaction.
The headline number that will get attention is Aspen's median single-family price, down 26.3% year over year to $13.66M. That's a sample-size story. When six homes close in a month, what sold matters as much as what it sold for. The real signal is days on market, which jumped to 381. Sellers are holding firm. Buyers are taking their time. The spring will be decided in the gap between those two positions.
Down-valley, Carbondale carried the volume. Thirteen single-family closings, up 62.5% year over year. Seven condo closings, up 250%. The median pullbacks there read as a mix shift, not a value shift. More entry-level product moved. That's what an active, affordability-driven market looks like.
Snowmass, Basalt, and the rest of the town-by-town picture are in the full report.
One timing note: the Aspen airport reopened May 20 after a month of runway work. If a summer move is on your radar, the next few weeks are the right time to get positioned.
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