There was a great article in the Durango Herald the other day that reminded me what a great place we live in and how much Durango has to offer to so many different walks of life. It talks about several recent sales, the people who bought homes in Durango and why. Not surprisingly, Durango’s size, [...]

What is low-balling and why do people do it?
Low-balling can happen during any type of market but typically occurs more frequently in a Buyer’s market. A Buyer finds a home they would like to buy and then offers a much lower price than would usually be acceptable, simply because they believe that the [...]

Everyone wants the truth, right? Ask your spouse or your boss or your employees or your customers… they’ll tell you all they want is the truth.
But that’s a lie.

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That is the million dollar question, isn’t it? It is a buyer’s market so there are lots of choices out there. Luke Miller, assistant business professor at Durango’s Fort Lewis College, wrote about just this in his column in the Durango Herald today. He thinks the prices will continue to go down this year, I [...]

We are still working on figuring out the best way to keep you abreast of the market situation. We are not supposed to post links to the MLS, but Shaheen put together a nice presentation for my blog so I’ll make an exception and put this up for a bit and then take it down [...]

Until I started writing my own blog recently I had no or little insight about what all this blogging is about either. So here it is, my rookie definition of a blog:
It’s a way to easily publish articles onto your website for the public to see. Writing blog articles, however, is a lot less formal [...]

Yesterday’s annual real estate forecast event at Fort Lewis College showed some positive aspects, but also the usual doom and gloom. Real estate sales (in terms of volume) are forecasted to pick up, prices to slide after holding steady in 2008. This is all no surprise, after the very few sales last year the volume [...]

In case you missed it hidden at the bottom of yesterday’s post, here it is again. The T-mobile life’s for sharing ad, filmed in England, Liverpool station last month. Over 7 million people have watched this. It will make you smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM
Claudia Williams
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A house that “sparkles” on the surface will sell faster than its shabby neighbor…
…even though both are structurally well-maintained.
From experience, REALTORS® also know that a “well-polished” house appeals to more buyers and will sell faster and for a higher price. Additionally, buyers feel more comfortable purchasing a well-cared for home because if what they can [...]