You have your future house under contract…next you get the home inspected.  You see the report and it reads in a language you don’t understand but all you can tell is it looks BAD!  Ahhhh…
Okay, first…Breathe.  It’s okay, relax…let’s review.
* Don’t worry when you read ….”appears serviceable”
What does that mean?   Sounds like “needs work” but actually [...]

Continuing from last week, the phones are still ringing and people are putting in offers.  It’s going to be a busy year.  Here in Durango it’s dumping snow outside with plans to keep snowing or the next 5 days! 
Here is your Blue Ribbon’s Weekly Market Update:
What has sold?
8 Homes have sold in Durango in the past [...]

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Claudia Williams
Owner/Ecobroker/Exchangor
Blue Ribbon Properties
835 Main Ave #214
Durango, CO 81301
970 247 8388 (office)
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Blue Ribbon’s Weekly Market Update:
It has been busy here!  As I have said in the last few weeks, the market is picking up.  Many buyers are starting to call and ask all the right questions, sellers calling asking “what do I need to do to sell my house?”   Not a full market recovery but there [...]

We’ve got an awesome new webtool that sends you a great real estate market report either for buyers or sellers. It shows comparable sales for the past three months and all homes currently on the market in a handy map format. Here’s a sample report  for Durango Home buyers.
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Blue Ribbon’s Weekly Market Update:
 
What has sold?
8 Homes have sold in Durango in the past week.
Homes were priced from $124k-$510k.
-Average list price was $289k
-Average sold price: $266, Median sold price was: $225k
-Average Days on market: 197
-Average sold price per square foot from these homes: $214.00
-3 homes were in town, the other 5 in rural Durango locations
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NEW – Blue Ribbon is expanding!  Our new real estate office opened in downtown Aztec on Main Ave today!
Located right downtown, on 205 Main Ave,  Aztec, NM, 87410, the new Blue Ribbon Properties office is serving San Juan County in New Mexico, including the Farmington and Aztec area. Owned by Stacy and Chris Engle and Claudia Williams, [...]

2009 All La Plata County Sold Statistics:
Jan. 1 st 2009 – December 31 st 2009
Category      _     Total Volume      Total units _  Avg. Price          Median Price        Avg DOM
Durango Res.-   $122,806,644…….268………$458,233…………$379,950…………….216
Dgo. Co/Tnhm-$28,315,277………..94………$301,226…………$266,000…………….238
All Bayfield Res.-$32,085,002……125………$256,680…………$245,000……………..175
All Ignacio Res.- $3,057,388………..13………$235,183…………$220,000……………..129
All Resort Res.-   $22,993,177………52………$442,176…………$302,500…………….278
Vacant Land-       $18,464,500………86……..$214,703………….$164,950………………379
Farm & Ranch-    $22,162,000………4……$5,540,500……….$5,667,000……………..175
Commercial-         $8,595,075……….11……..$781,370…………..$464,364……………..233
 
Notes: Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio include both in-town and rural residential properties.
DOM = Days on market
Source: Colorado [...]