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!
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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 [...]

Energy and sustainability fuel many facets of live in Colorado. A catalyst for homes, industries, schools, universities and business, the incredible diversity of enterprises is driven by a common bound to move to a green lifestyle.
While we all use energy to power us through our daily lives, many people take renewable and sustainable methods for [...]

There has been a lot of hype on going green lately. As Eco Brokers we are trained on energy and environmental issues that relate to real estate transactions. 
There is a great new local non profit organization called 4Core, Four Corners Office for Resource Efficiency, a great place for infromation and rebates for energy efficiency installations [...]

W h a t  i s  a  H E R S  R a t i n g ?

A home energy rating involves an analysis of a home’s construction plans and onsite inspections. Based on the
home’s plans, the Home Energy Rater uses an energy efficiency software package to perform an energy analysis of
the home’s design. This [...]