Business Monday: Property sales a windfall for Aspen housing program, Wheeler
This graph from the city's Finance Department shows real estate transfer collections benefitting the housing program Real estate transfer tax collections for the city's Wheeler Opera House are shown here from 2014 through 2019. Free-market and commercial property sales totaling $1.8 billion within Aspen city limits last year resulted in $17.6 million in real estate sales tax collections for the city’s housing program and another $9.5 million for its downtown performing-arts venue. Those record-setting figures came from the city Finance Department’s latest monthly tax report, issued Friday...
Source: aspentimes.com