http://coloradoindependent.disqus.com/enWed, 06 Sep 2006 18:46:51 -0000http://www.coloradoindependent.com/576/colorado-45th-in-housing-appreciation/#comment-1669517<p><strong>West Slope RE Booming Unless You've Got Gas</strong> On the Western Slope housing prices are zooming because availability is dropping and building costs are <a href="http://www.postindependent.com/article/20050628/VALLEYNEWS/50627010&amp;SearchID=73256077276066" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.postindependent.com/article/20050628/VALLEYNEWS/50627010&amp;SearchID=73256077276066">climbing.</a> Yet, if you end up with a drilling rig in your backyard, your real estate value can take a <a href="http://www.postindependent.com/article/20060604/VALLEYNEWS/60603006&amp;SearchID=73256076652003" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.postindependent.com/article/20060604/VALLEYNEWS/60603006&amp;SearchID=73256076652003">dive.</a> And there are places like El Jebel in the Roaring Fork Valley area that used to have affordable housing for workers in Aspen. Soon there will be new townhouses on the market starting at <a href="http://www.postindependent.com/article/20060903/VALLEYNEWS/109030035&amp;SearchID=73256077400410." rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://www.postindependent.com/article/20060903/VALLEYNEWS/109030035&amp;SearchID=73256077400410.">$600,000.</a></p>Leslie RobinsonWed, 06 Sep 2006 18:46:51 -0000