Hits: 15Once upon a time, the Multiple Listing Service was in its infancy and a small group of people sat around a table at La Fonda and talked about their listings; price, location, condition, size, etc. That was the start of the MLS for Santa Fe real estate. Licensing was kind of optional and brokerages […]
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It’s complicated…
Hits: 11No, 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 […]
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Hits: 18Once 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 […]
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Hits: 18Literally 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 […]
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Hits: 25Someone once said “trust your gut” and others have said “follow the money” while an obvious good rule of thumb is to pay the most attention to facts when considering something. Is it possible to do all of these, and more, when you are about to make a decision? If you are selecting a […]
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Hits: 11Blogging has some similarities to other kinds of writing and it has its own unique attributes. One of the most amazing things about the blogosphere and the internet in general is how much trash talking and flaming takes place. Count me as fortunate to not get much of that on this blog. Now and […]
Continue readingBaker’s dozen minus the donuts
Hits: 27Updated residential real estate statistics have now been posted for the Santa Fe NM market area through the end of January 2015. There are plenty of bright spots and a few not too exciting numbers.
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Hits: 14Home sales are easy to track and difficult to understand sometimes. Even in New Mexico where public disclosure of a home sales price is not
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Hits: 16Shame on me for recycling an old TV show title for this blog post. Go ahead and read it if you want. It might be better than watching television anyway.
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Hits: 10Trying to bring back “groovy” while using real estate methodology is not an easy task. Bear with me as I explain. Or just skip to the statistical data included on this site,
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