Vail Real Estate: Market Trends According to the Vail Valley's top real estate firms, sales have increased in 2012 in year over year comparisons. The average price per square foot for condominiums in Beaver Creek increased in 2012's third quarter from $686 in 2011 to $695. Real estate, as recorded by Slifer, Smith & Frampton, sold at an average price of approximately $1,643,000. "This is the best year I've had since 2007 and it looks like it will end higher than that," said Page Slevin, a local real estate broker with Prudential Colorado Properties. "This year, the number of transactions I've closed have quadrupled, indicating that the real estate market in the Vail Valley is improving."