January 27, 2012 - Here’s your Durango Real Estate Statistics and Weekly Update! Great deals, new listings, foreclosures and sold comparables.
Also, our town is a big hit! In 2011 Durango was once again in the national spotlight! Here is a summary of what the Durango Herald published about us: Click Here for the Article
* Best Places [...]

This is an interesting article we came across, and thought we would share.
Book Review: ‘The Smartest Money Book You’ll Ever Read: Everything You Need to Know About Growing, Spending and Enjoying Your Money’ Author: Daniel R. Solin
Today’s post-recession, pro-consumer, anti-bank zeitgeist reflects a dramatic sea change in the world of personal finance advice. Gone are [...]

Season’s  Greetings
This year has brought expansion to Blue Ribbon Properties, we added three new agents welcoming Terry Sadler, Don Ferris and Bill Powell. We’ve expanded into property management in Bayfield, Durango and Farmington area in addition to our continuing premium real estate sales services in Colorado and New Mexico. Sales volume is up and that’s [...]

December 16th, 2011 – Here’s your Durango Real Estate Statistics and Weekly Update! Great deals, new listings, foreclosures and sold comparables.
What sold this past week?
20 properties sold in Durango, Colorado and area over the last week. That’s 7 more than last week! Some really good deals – check it out.
Click Here for Sold Listings
New Durango Real [...]

Durango has sooooo much to offer. Every year the Durango independent Film Fest puts together some of the worlds finest films for us to enjoy in our small and beautiful mountain town and makes us feel all urban and connected! I’ve never seen a bad film at the film fest.
Go to www.durangofilm.org for schedules and [...]

I recently read an article from Homes.com/Realtor.com showing this years statistics so far and how pending home sales show a healthy gain nationwide.  Could results in a Spring surge this year!
 CLICK HERE TO READ FULL ARTICLE
In the local Durango market:
What has sold?
17Homes have sold in Durango in the past week.  Homes were priced from $94k-$400k.
-Average list price was $279k     [...]

Docusign and Durango Real Estate
Last week an investor client of mine told me about how her agent in Denver used docusign and how easy it is.  I thought it sounded great so I immediately signed up for it. I’ve done three offers with it and I’m sold (no, I do not work for docusign)! What a great [...]

Consumers Buying More ‘Green’ Since Start of Recession
Though conventional wisdom may suggest that consumers are buying fewer environmentally friendly products because of the economic downturn, a new study shows that consumers in the US, UK and Japan actually are placing more emphasis on buying so-called  “green” items than they did before the recession began, according [...]

Trading in a Car for a New Car?
If you’re considering upgrading your car, here’s a quick look at what you can expect:
IF you trade in an older car
AND that car gets 18 mpg or less…
AND you purchase or lease a new car that gets at least 22 mpg…
You can qualify for a $3,500 voucher that [...]

Check out this innovative new website, www.walkscore.com. You can enter a home address and get a score of its walkability to shops & restaurants. It also ranks cities on walkability. Durango is not ranked (too small) but I suspect we’d get good rankings, expecially the downtown area and the new Three Springs development is [...]