Hits: 25Just look at yourself and ask if you are the person you wanted to be when you got this age. Is this the paradise you wanted to live in, the rapture you thought you would achieve, the absolute happiness you planned for? What might be missing? Do you think its your health? Do you […]
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The cat wearing the hat
Hits: 23Your time spent online is yours alone, taking advantage of all the sources and distractions available. This can include reading current news stories, fake or otherwise. It could be sports scores or it could be health advice and new developments in human happiness. A cure for insomnia and relief for those with ingrown toe […]
Continue readingAbsorption Rate – Unplugged
Hits: 19A major focus of this blog site, along with statistics about the Santa Fe NM residential real estate market, is something called an Absorption Rate. On the left side of the site pages you will see the list of spreadsheets and charts available for review. Four of those charts are specific to Absorption Rates […]
Continue readingHome sales up 3.3%
Hits: 11The results of 2016 data as reported to the Santa Fe Association of Realtors show a single digit increase in unit sales year over year: 2016 compared to 2015. The headline is the number: 3.3% increase. Overall the total dollar volume also went up, a decent number of 6.44%. The average sales price went […]
Continue readingNo such thing as termites?
Hits: 12In the high desert, such as in Santa Fe, NM, one can be excused for thinking that termites might not thrive, but we can be blessed with them without knowing they have invaded our homes. Yes they exist here and yes they can do serious damage to a home. The general rule is no […]
Continue readingYou don’t say
Hits: 7What is the background for putting a positive spin on things, even when the facts don’t indicate “things” are all that positive? Is it “the glass is half full” versus “the glass is half empty”? Possibly some folks keep beating the drum that everything is going up and growing and improving knowing they will […]
Continue readingPriced to sell, maybe
Hits: 14It is difficult to break away from the pack and go forward alone. Well, for some it is difficult while we all know others that never do things the same way as everyone else. Pricing a home when listing it for sale is an art and a science. And very few sellers want to […]
Continue readingA moment of balance
Hits: 15Librans like to focus on balance and harmony. There is a time when balance in the real estate market can be found and its right about now. This is the time we change over from cool to warm when taking the temperature of our market. We’ve had enough of tepid. What happened in June […]
Continue readingIt could happen to you!
Hits: 7Transitional times are the most unsettling; spring is a case in point. New green shoots appear everywhere (more weeds than flowers). Changes to national beliefs create huge divisions among those who want same gender marriage and those who want to keep the status quo. Our neighbor to the North, the lovely state of Colorado, […]
Continue readingThe foreclosure lessons
Hits: 15A couple of days ago, a daily Santa Fe New Mexican issue included legal notices of three foreclosure actions in progress. It’s public notice to publish the foreclosure action by a note holder against a borrower. Mostly the note holder will end up with ownership and possession of the property after a costly and […]
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