Colorado Springs Current Market Conditions The post below are the stats from our MLS, Pikes Peak Assn of REALTORS(r), for the month of September. Interesting stuff...if you're a REALTOR(r) or a Home Buyer/Sellerin El Paso County. What it's saying is that sales are down, average sales prices are
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10/11/2008
LISTING AND SALES SUMMARYSeptember 2008 All Homes Existing Homes MONTHLY SUMMARY Aug 2008 Sept 2008 % +/- Sept 2007 % +/- Aug 2008 Sept 2008 % +/- Sept 2007 % +/-
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10/11/2008
I've started back with my guitar lessons. We have a really great organization here in the Springs that offers music classes, mostly for acoustical, and group. It's called the Black Rose Acoustical Society (BRAS), and it's a great place to take lesson and at a good price. Best of all, my instructo
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10/08/2008
Tips on Staging Your Clients Property When you enter the home, try to look at it from a buyer's point of view. Can you see the room or is all you see the furniture and the clutter? Here are some tips you can use. De-clutter everything. Keep items in the room to sets of odd numbers, like 1, 3, or
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10/06/2008
Colorado Springs Statistics of Active, Solds, Median and Average Sales Price Single Family/Patio Homes Year TotalActive Number of Sales Number of Sales YTD Monthly Sales Price Average Median Aug 2008 6,323 778 5,962 $235,098 $199,900 July 2008 6,544 886 5,183 $252,549 $223,950 Jun
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10/05/2008
Here's some interesting information from Colorado Housing and Finance Authority eNews 10.02.2008 Home Finance We are writing to you today to provide an update on the state of CHFA in terms of the current market. As you are no doubt aware, the financial market situation has affected the entire
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10/04/2008
Is money getting tighter? Do you need higher credit scores? I've heard lately that credit is getting tougher to get. Even if your scores are in the 800's. However, I'm trying to figure out if this is for stuff like department store credit, or if it's actually affecting mortgage lenders. I did a
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10/04/2008
I just returned from the NAHREP Convention in Phoenix, AZ. What a great time I had. It was at the historic Arizona Biltmore Hotel, very posh, and expensive. I had a great time. I met many fantastic people and made some great connections. And a plus to it all was that I learned some new things, t
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10/02/2008
Short Sale Purchase vs. Bank Owned I recently acquired a client from a Realtor that was getting out of the business. They had put in an offer on a home that would be a short sale. (A short sale is a process where the seller and his agent try to talk the lender into taking less for the mortgage t
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07/26/2008
