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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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
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Blue Ribbon’s Weekly Market Update:
What has sold?
10 Homes have sold in Durango since 1/10/10.  Homes were priced from $165k-$930k.
-Average list price was $518k     -Average sold price: $425k
-Average Days on market: 350
-Average sold price per square foot from these homes: $246.00
-4 homes were in town, the other 6 in rural Durango locations
How many homes are under contract?
There are [...]

The overall forecast for 2010 is looking good.  All signs are pointing to improvement!  The phones have been ringing off the hook, buyers are looking at it’s the middle of winter -which is normally the down season!
Typically the activity over the holidays is slower because people are traveling and spending time with family and friends. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I can’t say it enough…it’s a great time to buy!
There was an interesting article posted in this Sunday’s paper about the recent home sales in La Plata County.  The positive article brings up the recovery of the market and how the median home price is gradually falling.  Buyers are returning for the good deals and [...]

What has sold in the last week?
15 Homes have sold in the last week. 7 were in town, the other 8 were in rural areas of Durango.
5 were Condo or Town homes, 2 manufactured homes and 8 were stick regular built homes.
-The average sold price: $415k.  (on a steady incline)
-Average Days on market: 238 (this [...]