Hits: 55Who 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 […]
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We should be so lucky
Hits: 23The 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 […]
Continue readingHow do you recognize Cinco de Mayo?
Hits: 11Given 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 […]
Continue readingOne more month, with gusto!!
Hits: 15The numbers are good, getting better constantly and we still are reaching levels not seen since 2006, so all is wonderful, correct? Mostly wonderful and yes, this success is welcome! We keep reading about how hot the markets are in cities and states near us and admit to feeling left out. Lets make 2016 […]
Continue readingGet comfy, some good reading ahead
Hits: 9Take a look because you might not appreciate how far we have come since the bottom of the real estate crisis (sometime in about 2009?). From a year ago, inventory of single family homes in Santa Fe City and County has dropped from 1700 to 1432 units, a decrease of 15.7%. Some say the […]
Continue readingIt must be difficult to focus
Hits: 10With all the distractions and interruptions, I have trouble staying on message sometimes. How about you? There are times I want to dig deeper into the supernova that is The Donald and then realize the election is more than a year off and what I read now may be obsolete by Halloween; so why […]
Continue readingProper grammar can’t help me now!
Hits: 11If only I had stayed in school for another couple dozen years. Then I might be able to convey what it is I want to say. I usually assume it is my lack of communication skills when someone I am talking with does not understand. I almost never assume it is their lack of […]
Continue readingThis just in: pleasing everyone is still impossible
Hits: 13The City of Santa Fe has a short term rental ordinance that attempts to regulate and control the activity of leasing a dwelling unit for a period of time less than 30 days. There are several reasons why many think this is necessary and just as many people think it may be invasive of […]
Continue readingA moment of balance
Hits: 22Librans 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: 10Transitional 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, […]
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