Recession’s end? Wealthiest Americans buying more Vail, Aspen real estate

VAIL – One sign the economy may be recovering is the recent resurgence of Colorado’s high-end mountain real estate market.

Eagle County, home to Vail and Beaver Creek ski areas, saw the dollar volume of real estate sales more than double in the first five months of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009, according to Land Title Guarantee Company.

Mountain Resorts Struggle With Labor Shortages as Immigrant Crackdown Continues

It was a quiet May Day in the mountains of Colorado, and much calmer on the immigration-rights demonstration front across much of the state and nation than the past two years. But as Coloradans gather to celebrate Cinco de Mayo…