February 2010

Hits: 15How can a guy get a break? Why is everything so difficult and so uncertain? Picture yourself a home seller of a property you purchased in April 2006 for $450,000. Say you borrowed 80% of that price on an adjustable rate mortgage figuring you would stay

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January 2010

Hits: 8This is getting interesting. Are you reading the same articles I am reading? Some say we are through the worst of it, predicting a slow but steady recovery, an improving outlook with newly created jobs, and a steady growing real estate market. Others think a double-dip recession is almost

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November 2009

Hits: 12Until we get around to seeing the new flick AVATAR, we will just have to work with the real world as we see it. The special effects of this new James Cameron movie are supposed to be beyond

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October 2009

Hits: 10Think of all the things we have survived so far and possibly be thankful. We have survived the worst economic event(s) in 70 years, when all around us appeared to be failing. We have survived the

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September 2009

Hits: 14Speaking of real estate, as we do occasionally here, we were fortunate to see a little good news in the previous newsletter. The July 2009 total homes sold in Santa Fe City and County exceeded the July 2008 figure. And that was the first month (year to year) that had seen an increase in […]

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August 2009

Hits: 17In the category of “it’s about time” we have the first month with an increase of homes sold in over three years!  The July 2009 total of homes sold in Santa Fe City and County increased compared to

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July 2009

Hits: 11Every month about this time I sit at my keyboard to write the monthly newsletter you are reading. Each month I gather various stories and bits of information and statistics that I want to incorporate into the letter. And then I read what I intend to rewrite into a clear style and think if […]

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May 2009

Hits: 12We have seen many things in our lives, but is anyone saying they have ever seen anything like this? Now and then we learn of someone on the far side of 100 who remembers a great-great-uncle

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