Takeaway
Among 77 active records marked Yes for HOA dues, the median reported annual charge is $23,534. All 77 annual totals reconcile arithmetically with their periodic fee and frequency.
Geography
Aspen, Snowmass Village and Snowmass (Old Snowmass), Colorado
Population
84 active records selected from a 90-record supplied export; six pending records excluded. Observed active asking prices: $2.05M–$4.995M. Selection criteria were not supplied.
Study sample
84 selected records
Reported HOA dues status
Unit: Active records
Annual charge denominators
| Cohort | Records | Median annual amount |
|---|---|---|
| HOA dues marked Yes | 77 | $23,534 |
| All active records, including seven reported zeros | 84 | $22,950.50 |
All 77 Yes records report positive annual charges. Seven No records report zero. Amounts are listing-supplied, not independently verified.
Payment-frequency arithmetic
| Reported frequency | Records | Within $1 of annual total |
|---|---|---|
| Per Trimester | 2 | 2 |
| Annually | 30 | 30 |
| Monthly | 7 | 7 |
| Quarterly | 38 | 38 |
Annual total compared with fee × 12 monthly, × 4 quarterly, × 3 per trimester or × 1 annually. All 77 pairs reconcile; no fee statistics are shown for the two-record trimester subgroup.
Separate dues-paying records from the full sample
Seventy-seven of 84 active records are marked as having HOA dues. Their reported annual charges have a median of $23,534. The seven records marked No report zero in the annual-fee field; including those zeros produces a different full-sample median of $22,950.50. The two denominators answer different questions.
For the 77 dues-marked records, multiplying the periodic fee by the stated frequency reproduces the reported annual amount within one dollar in every case. The multipliers are 12 for monthly, four for quarterly, three for per trimester and one for annual payments.
Arithmetic consistency is a limited quality check
The result shows agreement between fields in this export. It does not verify that a charge is current, complete or attached to equivalent services across properties. Special assessments, transfer charges and owner-paid expenses are outside this annual-fee calculation.
Frequency is a payment schedule, not an ownership-cost category. A higher median among annually billed records cannot be attributed to the billing schedule itself. Readers should compare the actual association obligations and services before interpreting a difference in reported annual charges.
Methodology
- Source: an MLS export supplied for Doug Leibinger’s research. The analysis uses 84 rows with Status=A and excludes six rows with Status=P; there are no duplicate listing IDs.
- Use Total HOA Fee Per Year. The primary median includes the 77 records marked Yes; a separate comparison includes all 84 and their seven reported zeros.
- For the 77 dues-marked records, compare annual total to Association Fee multiplied by the stated frequency. Match tolerance is $1; factors are 12, 4, 3 and 1 for monthly, quarterly, per trimester and annual.
- Medians use the middle ordered value, or the average of the two middle values. Counts may be shown for small categories, but no price, size or fee statistic is published for a group under five. Percentages may not sum to exactly 100% because of rounding.
Limitations
- This is a selected sample, not a market-wide inventory count or a random sample. No sale prices, appreciation, absorption, causal premiums or forecast are inferred.
- The filename says September 22, but 13 records have later modification dates. The research does not claim a confirmed September 22 snapshot; publication on September 28 is a separate date.
- Listing fields are reported information. Availability, property rights, condition, costs and individual source values have not been independently verified for this research.
Data and attribution
Original analysis published by Doug Leibinger from a user-supplied MLS export. Listing fields were reported by participating brokers; the private source file is not redistributed.
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Companion article
The median reported annual HOA fee is $23,534 among 77 dues-marked records. Compare the source figures, included services and documents before choosing a home.
Read Comparing HOA Costs in an Aspen-Area Home Search