Teton Valley Real Estate Market Report | Year End 2023

Teton Valley, Idaho — Year End 2023

On paper the Teton Valley, Idaho and Alta, Wyoming real estate market saw a little bit of a letdown by the end of 2023, with transactions falling 23.2 percent and overall dollar volume dropping 11.1 percent compared to 2022.

That perceived letdown, however, fails to take into account the meteoric rise the valley has seen in recent years. 

In 2019 (or pre-Covid), the Teton Valley market saw 586 transactions that generated $181.9M in sales volume. Last year, the 576 closings in the valley were on par with the activity of four years ago, but the complementing dollar volume grew to $438.4M (or a 141 percent increase compared to 2019).

New construction in developments like Tributary helped to push the average home price from $1.21M in 2022 to $1.34M in 2023, while several new condo and townhome projects kept activity brisk in this segment of the market despite higher mortgage interest rates.

It seems too, the secret is out on Teton Valley. A September article in the Wall Street Journal speculated that a growing list of amenities in Victor and Driggs– along with a looming expansion of Grand Targhee Resort –positioned the once sleepy valley to join the ranks of Park City and Jackson Hole as Rocky Mountain “hot spots.”

While activity has slowed since the height of the pandemic, limited inventory is also partially to blame for the decrease in sales. This time last year, Teton Valley had 330 listings actively on the market. Twelve months later, that number has fallen to 291. 

Best wishes in 2024 from all of us at Jackson Hole Sotheby’s International Realty!

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Jackson Hole Real Estate Market Report | Year End 2023

Teton County, Wyoming — Year End 2023

While the total transactions in Teton County fell 3.3 percent in 2023 compared to last year, the complementing dollar managed to break the symbolic $1 Billion mark just in time for the new year. Home sales dominated the year-end stats, generating nearly $750M on just 137 transactions (for an average home sale price of $5.44M).

The 264 sales in Jackson Hole last year represented the fewest number of annual transactions since the beginning of the Global Financial Crisis in 2009 (when the market posted only 185 closings). In 2009, total real estate sales also only barely eclipsed $225M.

And in 2009, the valley also had snow.

A lackluster start to the ski season has kept town quieter than normal so far in 2024. The current real estate market could be described in the same way.

Limited real estate inventory and an uncertain economic climate abroad ended 2023 with a December that saw only 15 sales and $43.6M in dollar volume. Falling interest rates hold promise for would-be buyers, but patient sellers and limited “for sale” signs around the valley have kept individual property prices close to Covid highs from 2021.

With more than 80 percent of all sales last year involving a residential property and with only 71 homes currently for sale across the valley, the 2024 market climate seems poised to see another 12 months of limited sales with a concentration in the upper end of the residential market.

Best wishes in 2024 from all of us at Jackson Hole Sotheby’s International Realty!

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December 27, 2023 Real Estate News

Make Teton Village Home for the Holidays and Beyond.

New listing activity ushers in the holiday season with rarely-available offerings.

  by Staff Writers

While December offered up a slow start to the snowpack and ski conditions throughout the Mountain West, an unofficial indicator of the winter seasons is showing increased activity—real estate listings at Teton Village. 

The Village, at the base of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, is the epicenter of ski properties in the region. Unlike other resort properties throughout the West that have multiple base village access points or sprawl across a broader series of foothills, the resort district of Teton Village is relatively small and contained.

While a wide variety of properties throughout Teton County benefit from convenient access to the area’s ski resorts, true ski-in/ski-out properties are a relative rarity in Jackson Hole. These new-to-market listings provide the ultimate convenience and effortless access to the season’s sleeper powder days and storm skiing, alike.

The inventory of real estate available in Teton Village is broader than it has been in recent years, offering varied property styles and price points.

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