| Special thanks: The Colorado Sun The continuing boom of real estate in the resorts areas of Colorado is now spreading to the smaller surrounding towns: - Last year, eight West Slope counties had $6.6 billion in real estate sales through August
- Through August this year, sales in those counties totaled $11.2 billion, a 71 percent increase
- With four months left in 2021, sales volume in those counties has already surpassed total sales in 2019 by more than $2 billon
- Prices and sales have peaked this year in the North Fork Valley of Delta County, Fairplay, Rifle, Silt, Kremmling, Del Norte and Craig
- In Delta County, sales volume is up 64 percent over 2020; the average price of a home, $360,000, is 20 percent higher
- In Montrose County, through August, sales volume was up 75 percent over last year, with the average price of a home at $402,000, 20 percent higher than 2020 and 35 percent higher than 2019
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