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Show The Park Record A-16 PARK CITY REAL ESTATE AND YOU Craig Reece, CRS By ALLEN BEST It only makes sense thnt when shopping for n home mortgage loan, buyers are looking for the best possible deal. For the average homebuyer, that translates into the lowest possible mortgage rate. That translation can often result in costly mistakes. Getting the lowest mortgage rate available is important, but buyers who are only considering low rates and fees may be missing what is the single most important factor in obtaining a home loan-service. In a recent stud)- conducted with Real Estate agents nationwide, nine out of ten agents recommend a lender based on service first and cost second. Often the lowest-priced lender is not the one that agents work with on a regular basis. Problems can arise in the loan process and it can be extremely difficult to solve them if the lender doesn't provide the level of service required to guide you through the obstacles. Poor service can create time delays and end up costing you the money you tried to save or more. The average American will apply for a mortgage only a few times in a lifetime. Realtors, however, are doing this on a daily basis and that is why time and again they will opt for working with a quality lender. For rock solid advice on buying or selling real estate, call Craig Reece at 435-647-8017 or toll free at 1-800-553-4666. Craig has been a full time Park City resident since 1973 and a full-time real estate agent since 1978. let lew Offitc Tjrlc •irk Aunuc, BldR B U Till , UT S-liiM) Record guest writer CRESTED BUTTE, Colo. - The future is arriving at Crested Butte. A new fixed-grip lift has opened, but more important is the terrain it is to serve: intermediate runs. Crested Bulle ranks alongside the best in the West when it comes to XX-ratcd terrain. However, it has too little beginner and intermediate terrain to keep most destination skiers happily occupied for more than a couple of days. As such, the push of the new owners of the ski area, Tim and Diane Mueller, is to expand the amount of lower-level terrain. Not incidentally, the new Prospector Lift is adjacent to new luxury homes, most of which have already been sold. www.DeerValleySpeciatist.com Cralg@DeerValleySpeciallst.com (435) 647-8017 • (435) 649-7171 (800) 553-4666 Prudential MOUNTAIN TOWN NEWS Crested Butte's future: easy terrain, big homes GETTING A LOAN: QUALITY VERSUS LOWEST RATE Utah Rool Estate ate regsle-red servo marks of Tfco Prudential Insurance Company d Anwica. Equal housing opportunity Each company independent/ cnvned and operated. when hiking on the first mile of a popular trail in Jackson Hole. The district ranger, Nancy Hall, said that because the public has such few places where dogs can run free, dog owners will only be required to carry leashes with them. Only if the dogs will not respond to voice commands must they be used. However, the Forest Service is staying the course on requiring leashes on several other local hiking tails that are adjacent to wildlife reserves, reports the Jackson Hole News & Guide. •Winter Park reservoir survivesfirstinspection WINTER PARK, Colo. - A proposed reservoir that would help Winter Park ease past some of its worst water woes has survived the first review. The reservoir would •Forest Service backs off from cost $8.7 million to build, not including land acquisition, and dog leashes would hold 540 acre-feet of water. JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - The However, that's far less than the U.S. Forest Service has backed minimum 8,100 acre-feet of storage away from its proposed require- that water officials believe necesment that owners leash their dogs sary to accommodate all the development being planned in Winter Park and the Fraser Valley. The water shortages are so severe that town officials think they may have already approved more development than existing water systems can service during drought years. at a cost of $16 an hour. The Vail Daily reports that the Forest Service has given a private entrepreneur the right to erect a 275-foot lift, which operates much like a rope tow. Users will be staggered, and attendants will be stationed along the hill to prevent accidents. by the Rocky Mountain Outlook, as its well-known neighbor to the west, Banff, has done. Certainly, Canmore has not shriveled in population. Now well away from its coal-mining roots, the town has grown rapidly in recent years, as have nearly all towns set among attractive surroundings near ski areas and national parks. •EMBA gives B.C. top mountain-burins market •lift to provide access to XX terrain in Highlands WHISTLER, B.C. - The International Mountain Biking Association for the second consecutive year has named British Columbia as the best location for mountain biking in the world. Whistler's freeride park was part of the reason for B.C.'s top ranking as it is the "benchmark for liftaccessed mountain biking, said IMBA. B.C.'s downside? "Not much ... perhaps getting too popular," IMBA said. In the lower 48, only West Virginia got an A from IMBA. •Canmore goes with a less expensive vision CANMORE, Alberta - For several years, a sector of the Canmore community wanted to reinvest in its image as a mecca for sports, a reputation established when Canmore was an Olympic venue in 1988. This vision for a bigger, better •Sledding tarns from free to mecca included $37 million for a recreational facility that was to fee at Mmtnrn include an Olympic-sized ice surMINTURN, Colo. - Hard along face, a swimming pool, running Interstate 70, just west of Vail, is a track, and various and sundry other place called Meadow Mountain. It facilities. once was a downhill ski area, but But a new mayor and council the Forest Service got the property members elected this fall have a difin a land exchange. And so locals ferent vision. The council recently used it for several decades as a sled- voted to spend only $3 million with ding hill, with parents taking their improvements, creating a second small children to the hill on week- ice surface that caters primarily to ends for cheap, outdoor entertain- the needs of local residents. It's ment. good enough to accommodate local But as Vail's various suburbs hockey, speed skating and figure grew, so did use of the hill. A few skating leagues. people became a lot of people, and The prevailing view, as reflected by the late 1990s accidents had by this vote, is that Canmore is begun occurring, primarily because already doing very well based on of sledders sliding into one other. the appeal of its natural surroundAt first, the Forest Service tried ings, including trails. That infrato discourage long, out-of-control structure, say proponents, can be slides by erecting plastic fences. But maintained at much less expense after the agency was accused of than a brick-and-mortar recreationnegligence after an accident, it al complex. As well, a portion of local residents see the town pushbanned sledding altogether. That was a couple of years ago. ing cultural tourism instead of but now sledding is coming back - sports tourism, a view encouraged Han wiir onler by January 312005 Hd recMe FREE SHIPPING! 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A ski area planner, Victor Gerdin, said the lift won't produce more revenue for the company, but it makes some of the best extreme skiing in Colorado accessible to more people. •Plenty of bidders for the lowend housing in Aspen ASPEN, Colo. - The market was at risk this year in Aspen for deed-restricted affordable-housing units. A one-bedroom condominium listed at just below $100,000 drew 67 bidders. A studio unit drew 51 bids. And a three-bedroom, two-bath home priced at $173,000 drew 49 families, reports The Aspen Times. Aspen also had its second million-dollar affordable housing unit sell during the past year. Several somewhat larger single-family houses are designed for such people as doctors and lawyers. The initial price was not capped, although resale is limited to 4 percent annual appreciation and to the local workforce. Allen Best has edited mountain town newspapers for 20 years. 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