The home office is one hot Montana real estate trend that is likely to stick around long after the pandemic ends. According to a survey by Upwork, 27 percent of employees will work remotely in 2021, and 20 million workers have moved during the course of the pandemic, or are currently planning to relocate. At PureWest, we are seeing a demand for functional home offices continue in both our residential real estate market and our luxury real estate properties. Interestingly, home office space had actually been a decli... read more

There are so many reasons for moving to Montana. Or moving from Montana. Or for selling a piece of Whitefish real estate and picking up a house in Bozeman. Sometimes we need more space, sometimes it’s a desire for a change of scenery. Job transfers or a newfound ability to work from anywhere find us thinking about relocation. Maybe you’ve realized a lifelong dream and you’re ready to own a vacation home. These reasons can take you across the world as easily as they could take you across your homet... read more

As the days begin to cool and the first trees turn yellow, we know here in Montana that the holidays will arrive before we know it. One of the current trends in real estate that will pay big dividends over the holiday season is the open concept kitchen. 20841 Osprey Loop, Rollins ~ 5 Bedrooms, 7 Bathrooms ~ 6,727 Sq Ft ~ 0.99 AcresMLS# 22110757 ~ $8,900,000 ~ Sean Averill | 406.253.3010 | Sean@PureWestMT.comWhile not a new idea, the enduring popularity of a combined cooking and entertaining space shows its true val... read more

“Poets talk about “spots of time,” but it is really fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone.”-Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other StoriesNobody captures the beauty and agony of fly fishing like Montana-raised author Norman Maclean. Most of the fishing in his novella took place on the Big Blackfoot River, which joins the Clark Fork on the eastern edge of Mis... read more