Best Real Estate Agent in Sun Peak & Bear Hollow, Utah

I'm Blair Allen of Utah Digs, and I'd put my record up against anyone's: 25+ years selling homes across Utah, $265M+ in real estate sold, 550+ properties closed, a 5.0-star client rating, and listings that sell for +3.3% above expected. The honest truth is that "best" depends on fit — experience, local knowledge, and how an agent communicates. On local knowledge: I've sold in Park City, the market Sun Peak and Bear Hollow buyers cross-shop most, and Summit County is my own backyard away from home — my cabin is in Kamas, and I'm in the county year-round. If you want a Sun Peak or Bear Hollow agent with a long, verifiable track record, call or text me at (801) 337-5057.

Sun Peak and Bear Hollow sell as one market — a Snyderville Basin hillside above Kimball Junction, on the Utah Olympic Park and Canyons Village side of the Basin — but the homes aren't in Park City city: it's unincorporated Summit County, with Park City addresses. The two halves have different characters. Sun Peak proper is the upper hillside: established single-family neighborhoods like Willow Draw Cottages and Mahogany Hills, plus attached pockets — the townhomes at the Enclave at Sun Canyon and the condos at The Cove at Sun Peak. It is mostly primary-resident and second-home stock, because nightly rentals are generally not permitted in Sun Peak proper. Bear Hollow sits lower, between Kimball Junction and Canyons Village: condos, townhomes, and detached homes in Bear Hollow Ridge and The Lodges at Bear Hollow, with clubhouse, pool, and fitness amenities — and nightly rentals ARE allowed there, which brings a different buyer to the same hillside. Whichever half you're weighing, the rule that binds a specific home is its own HOA's rules, so confirm them before you count on either character. And the market is 100% resale — both halves were built out between the mid-1990s and the 2010s and there is no developer presence, so every sale is one existing home changing hands. That makes this a pocket-by-pocket market: a Cove condo and an Enclave estate are barely the same product, two homes on the same street can be in completely different condition, and there is no meaningful market-wide average. What a home here is worth depends on its pocket, its condition, and its updates, and on what it's competing against across Park City, because that's the comparison set its buyers are shopping. You can see what's on the market now on my Sun Peak & Bear Hollow homes page.

Start with pricing: price to the most recent comparable sales in your own half and your own pocket — not Park City headlines — and buyers compete instead of bargain-hunting. The two halves sell on different strengths, and buyers here know the difference. A Sun Peak home sells on its hillside life — an established primary-resident and second-home neighborhood above Kimball Junction, on the Utah Olympic Park side of the Basin — and it has to be marketed as a life to buyers who plan to live in it, not just listed as square footage. A Bear Hollow home sells on flexibility: condos and townhomes between the junction and Canyons Village, clubhouse and pool amenities at the door, and nightly-rental permission that widens the buyer pool to people weighing use and income together. My listings sell for +3.3% above expected because I pair that pricing discipline with honest prep advice (only the repairs and staging that actually pay for themselves) and full marketing exposure for every home. The first step is a real valuation, not an automated guess — get a free home valuation, and I'll review it personally. My full selling approach is on my Sell page.

Know what hillside Basin living actually involves. Sun Peak and Bear Hollow are unincorporated Summit County, not Park City city — so before you buy, confirm how the county-level services work for that specific home, and what winter really means here: how your street handles snow season, and how the drive down to Kimball Junction — or along SR-224 into Park City — feels in a storm, not just on a map. The rental question deserves real care, because the two halves differ: Bear Hollow is the rental-allowed half and Sun Peak proper generally is not — but the rule that binds you is your specific home's HOA, so read it before you assume anything; a wrong guess in either direction is expensive. Where a home sits in an HOA, confirm the dues and exactly what they cover — Bear Hollow's clubhouse, pool, and fitness amenities are carried that way — because coverage varies pocket by pocket. Much of Bear Hollow's stock is condos and townhomes, so ask your lender early whether the building works for your loan type — condo financing has its own rules, and they are building-specific too. If schools are part of the decision, confirm the assigned schools for the specific home rather than assuming them from the area's name. Most homes here are established resales, so a home's systems, renovation history, and how well it's been kept up matter far more than its age on paper, and additions or past remodels deserve a close look at their permits and quality. And because no two pockets here are alike, the buyers who land the good ones are fully prepared — pre-approved, watching closely, and ready to move when the right home surfaces. Get fully pre-approved before you tour, because well-priced homes here don't sit and wait. Browse current Sun Peak & Bear Hollow listings, and read why buyers work with me.

Commissions are negotiable — there is no fixed standard rate, and anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong. Traditionally the seller pays a commission at closing, taken out of the sale proceeds rather than paid upfront, and it's split between the listing brokerage and the buyer's brokerage; buyers also sign a written agreement covering their own agent's compensation. What matters is that the full cost is in writing before anyone starts work. I'm happy to walk through exactly what you'd pay and what it covers — no obligation, no pressure.

Because Sun Peak and Bear Hollow don't sell in a vacuum — their buyers are cross-shopping the whole Snyderville Basin and Park City itself, from Kimball Junction and Jeremy Ranch to Pinebrook, Silver Springs, Trailside, and Summit Park — and I've actually closed deals in that market: a documented Park City closing in my MLS record, across 25+ years of selling in Utah. I also know Summit County the way a part-time resident does: I keep a cabin in Kamas, I'm in the county for its rodeos and its trails, and I own a second home in the Heber Valley — so I've made the same second-home and mountain-property decisions Sun Peak and Bear Hollow buyers and sellers are weighing. Any agent can pull the same MLS data I can. What they can't pull is 25+ years of experience — $265M+ sold, 550+ properties closed, and listings that sell for +3.3% above expected — combined with a record in the market right next door.

Yes — complex sales are a core part of my practice, not a sideline. If you're an executor selling a home in probate, a trustee liquidating a trust property, or a couple selling during a divorce, I handle the valuation, preparation, and sale with the discretion those situations need, coordinating with your attorney where one is involved. Long-held family homes and second homes in an established hillside market like this one are exactly the sales where that experience matters. You can read more on my probate, divorce, and trust & estate pages — or just call me at (801) 337-5057 and tell me what you're dealing with.