Homes for Sale in Grand Junction and Mesa County

Home listing prices rising in Florida   This is from the Florida Realtors newsletter. Good news for sellers. Buyers better take note. Call me to find you a property NOW! ORLANDO, Fla. – Sept. 26, 2011 – Prices are rising in Florida. Florida cities have had the largest year-over-year increases in...

As an active Broker in Colorado and Florida I have limited time. I am very resentful getting auto requests for feed back on a listing. These programs are useless. I have responded enough to know that they are not being monitored. After filling out the online form I continue to get requests over a...

Properties are selling well in the Keys and Key West. Foreclosed properties are drying up. There are some bargains left but they are being snapped up almost instantly. I have been watching the market very closely for some clients wanting a bargain. They have missed several bargains because they m...

The following is an article from the Florida Realtors Newsletter.  Feds release final guide for toxic Chinese drywall   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sept. 16, 2011 – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released their final remedi...

As Realtors we have often been in multi offer situations The goal of a listing agent is to get multi buyers vying for their listings. Usually houses that get multiple offers are priced competitively.  Another type is an overpriced home reduced to so many times that the price is finally desirable....

I have seen a lot of really good information coming from inspectors blogs. I am not an expert on home repair. I always strongly suggest that my buyers get a home inspection from a qualified inspector. I have several names that I suggest. Inspectors can save a buyer money and headaches. Sellers ca...

I am not sure where I was when they declared 9/11 as Patriots Day. It is a great idea. I read about Patriots Day in the newspaper this morning. I asked my husband if he was aware of the name. He was not. I guess we both missed the declaration. We all remember that day! I am glad Bin Laden was tak...

I love the Palisade/Grand Junction Colorado Area for the many fun events, scenery, agriculture and especially wine. Palisade started growing grapes for wine just twenty years after Napa Valley. In 1881 George A. Crawford (founder of Grand Junction) planted 60 acres of mostly grapes in Palisade on...

    Need a jumbo loan? Fannie Mae is lowering their the size of loans they buy from lenders on Oct 1. forcing  many borrowers into expensive, harder to get jumbo loans. Lobbying efforts to get Congress to extend higher limits so far have not been successful. Generally Freddie and Fannie rates are...

Recently my husband and I attended a concert in the park. We brought a gourmet picnic and came early in order to claim our spot. We had never been to this event and had no clue of it's popularity. We spread out the blanket, set up our chairs, picnic basket, and watched the people pour in to claim...