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open house: ABQ realtors pitch in to fill mortgage gap - 09/09/11 02:06 PM
Nineteen Albuquerque real estate brokers from 13 different companies are working together with Sunwest Trust to fill a vacuum created by the tight credit restrictions that make it virtually impossible for many people to get mortgage loans. Consider: · Mortgage denial rates were up nationwide by 15% in 2010, and are anticipated to be higher still in 2011 · New Mexico has the 6th highest mortgage denial rate in the country, with 33.7% of loans denied in 2010 · Denial rates are even higher among minority applicants and self-employed borrowers, and “jumbo loans” requiring higher
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open house: Placitas Home Sales Turning the Corner? - 09/05/11 05:13 PM
Statistics thus far for 2011 make it appear that homes sales in Placitas, NM may have turned the corner. Average sales prices for single family homes in Placitas had steadily declined from 2007 through 2010, while time on the market had steadily increased. But figures for 2011 year-to-date show a turnaround in these figures. Both in terms of average sales price, and in terms of average dollars per square foot, sales for 2011 are up slightly from the figures for 2010. At the same time, the average time on the market had decreased. See the graphs below for details: All data
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open house: Owner Financing Open House Tour in Albuquerque Area - 09/01/11 04:53 PM
Mark your calendars now for the huge, multi-broker Owner Financing Open House Tour in the Albuquerque area on September 16th! You, too, can kiss those mortgage company rules goodbye, especially the impossible hoops they want you to jump through to obtain a "Jumbo Loan," because the owners of dozens of high-end, executive homes in and around Albuquerque, NM, are offering owner financing. And their listing agents have all gotten together to hold all these properties open on one grand Open House Tour on Friday, September 16, 2011 from 4-7 p.m. There will be homes in both Northeast and Northwest Albuquerque, plus
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open house: Successful Open Houses--- on TUESDAY? - 03/29/09 12:48 PM
In this market, we're all trying to come up with new marketing ploys to give fresh traffic to slow-moving listings, which, nowadays, is nearly ALL of the them! Some years ago, when we were still associates with a large local company, my husband and I won an award for "Thinking Outside the Box for our innovative marketing ploys, so this is something of a forte for us, and my husband, Brian, has definitely had on his thinking cap to come up with new strategies for marketing listings. Accordingly, a few weeks ago, he decided to try out one new idea for a couple of our listings that are
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open house: Tour Albuquerque Horse Properties This Sunday, June 22nd! - 06/17/08 09:31 PM
Seventeen Albuquerque horse properties, in the North Valley, South Valley, and Corrales areas, will all be on an Open House Tour this Sunday, June 22nd, from 1-4 p.m. This is a fabulous opportunity for anyone who's been kicking around the idea of locating a home for both the family and the horses to check out dozens of homes, all in close-in locations, all on acreage, and all with existing barns or other horse facilities. The properties range in price from the upper $200's to nearly $1 million, and are all in the lush Rio Grande Valley. Not sold on the tour
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open house: Albuquerque Horse Property Open House Tour - 06/10/08 01:31 PM
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Laura Warden
Albuquerque,
NM
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