It’s been quite the ride in real estate in 2009. Tough for sellers, scary for buyers, I feel it can only get better. If you are buying, this is the first time in 15 years in Durango that prices are down and sellers are willing to negotiate. In my book, definitely a great time to [...]

Here is a story taken from Gary Keller’s book “Shift” – how top real estate agents tackle tough times. I felt this little blurb would be good to share with you.
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In a recent interview with a top agent in Massachusetts, I asked how things were going in his local area. “Our market is really a [...]

There is no time more fitting to say thank you to our friends and clients from all of us at Blue Ribbon. It has been a great year.  Yes, we were faced with many challenges but none that we could not learn something from.

2010 Real Estate forecast for Durango – Positive
After speaking to lenders, investors, [...]

My sister, Nicola Nangle, lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and is a co-founder and runs a non-profit charity organization helping poor children in the townships. It’s called Work for Love, read more on their website. 
To donate from the US and get a charitable donation tax receipt go to this link, through Facebook - causes. You can [...]

With the holidays here and full on winter just outside our front door, we don’t expect too much activity over the next couple of weeks but people are still looking and calling with questions.
After the new year we do expect much higher numbers in buyers and sales.  The crowd of ski vacationers and family visits [...]

Before buying a property in the county with a well and septic be sure to do your research on water and septic information.
Well Info:
Here is a link to a helpful 28 page brochure put out by the Colorado Division of Water resources and others about water wells in Southwest Colorado. It’s called “How well do [...]

We had a big storm pull through this week, adding few feet of fresh powder to our little mountain town!  Everything has been painted a beautiful shade of white.  Meanwhile we are still here working hard!
Here is your weekly market update:
What has sold?
11 Homes have sold in Durango in the past week.  Homes were priced [...]

It’s a good thing we like snow, it makes everything look clean and new and pretty. I love the way it sparkles in the sun!
Looks like we are going to have a white Christmas.
Everyone stay safe out there and we should be back to normal in a day of two.  For pictures and stories on [...]

Blue Ribbon’s Weekly Market Update:
Busy Busy Busy…the holiday weekend last week was a little quiet but ever since we’ve come back to the office, it’s been double the work load!
We are here and ready for action.  Seems like the phones are ringing and buyers are looking.
* What has sold?

13 Homes have sold in Durango in [...]