Who goes there? Is that another home listed and sold in our MLS system I see reported today? In the last 24 hours, 16 homes have been reported as Sold in our database. 15 of them had some sort of price reduction during the listing term, or sold below asking price. Only one sold at […]
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Looking for the better half
Half a year does not a full year make, someone said. In the example of Santa Fe area residential real estate, the first half of a year is usually slightly below what the second half comes in at, because of more active summer and fall months. Let us plan on a stronger second half of […]
Continue readingWe should be so lucky
The best references to luck seem to always include references to hard work, and being in the right place at the right time. If I get lucky in my real estate career, it is likely because I prepared and put in the hours of work plus got my ass off the couch. Yes, I could […]
Continue readingHow do you recognize Cinco de Mayo?
Given the standard evolution of “holidays” into excuses to take off work or celebrate with adult beverages, this one gives people one more reason to smile and raise a toast. The actual day and event that started it is from deep into Old Mexico’s history as the entry from Wikipedia shows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo …not to be […]
Continue readingOrange hair and First Quarter results
We all get a kick out of other people on occasion; their words, their appearance, their car driving blunders, etc. But rarely do we get to focus on their character and true being, as that is not often available for us to see. We can chuckle and we can criticize knowing that we do not […]
Continue readingIt’s complicated…
No, the real estate market is not complicated. It can run hot or it can run cold, sales can climb and/or sales can drop. It can be stagnant and it can be limping along with barely any change month to month. What is complicated is trying to fit the quality of a home into a […]
Continue readingThe St. Patrick’s day shuffle
This time of the calendar year we see the start of heavy numbers of newly listed property show up. A typical day now sees 30 plus new listings and maybe 8 sold properties. At that rate the inventory climbs rapidly and the balanced market we enjoyed during the winter shifts to become a buyers market […]
Continue readingIn memoriam, Dale Ball, 1924 – 2016
In memory of Dale Ball, I am providing a link to an article in the Santa Fe New Mexican from the front page of today’s paper. Dale made a large impact on the quality of life in the Santa Fe area by virtue of his civic and philanthropic efforts, along with making a huge impact […]
Continue readingMay the bird of paradise…
Once or twice a month I wake up in the middle of the night and realize I am tense and gritting my teeth because I think I may have failed to update this blog site. Just kidding; it gets updated with new statistical data every month around the 10th, whether I sleep well or not. […]
Continue readingJust try to top this, 2015!
Literally speaking, this past year of 2015 was the best best 2015 ever!! In all my days I have never seen such a 2015 and its unlikely it will ever be matched. It was a unique year in so many ways. It is the only 2015 we will see in our lifetimes. It was 15 years […]
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