Hello Friends,
It’s that time of year again, Daylight Savings!
When? This Sunday, March 14th at 2:00 am Spring forward, Fall back…
so be sure to turn your clocks forward 1 hour on Sunday night.
Does this mean it’s finally Spring? Could someone please inform the weather man it’s Spring now and to start reporting signs of warmth [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

What is SnowDown?
As most of you might know, Durango is a snowy mountain town and some people deal with tons of snow in different ways.  Some love it, others get what’s known as “cabin fever”.  This is an overwhelming feeling of needing to get out of the house! 
Well, Snowdown was created as a way to deal [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]