As of Thursday of last week, legislation passed extending ‘first time home buyer tax credit’ to May of 2010, and adding a $6,500 tax credit to repeat home buyers if they’ve lived in their current home for five of the past eight years, with a cap on home prices at $800,000. Other stipulations have changed [...]
Read More »Buying and selling is a confusing process; that much is true for everyone, even second time buyers/sellers. It’s up to me to make the process as easy for you as possible, but there’s one area that seems to be more perplexing than others: buyer’s agents. Who pays them, and how much do they get [...]
Read More »Everyday I get asked “How is the Real Estate Market doing? I finally have an authoritative answer. Anarticle in the September issue of Business Week Magazine focuses on a Top 10 list of strong, consistent building markets. The article names Las Cruces the number 8 place in the country. Las Cruces had [...]
Read More »So, you landed that big promotion! Congratulations! Unfortunately, the job is sending you six hundred miles away from the place you currently call home. After the initial feelings of excitement and exhilaration wear off, the general feelings of uncertainty and nervousness tend to kick in. There are some things everyone starting the relocation process should [...]
Read More »Whether you call them clients, customers, or patrons, they’re unequivocally important to you, me, and our respective businesses. It’s sad to say that it can be difficult to find the perfect balance of honesty and selling your product; in different aspects of business, being too honest can hurt your trade.
However, in real estate, it’s always [...]
If you’re thinking about selling your home or even buying one, you’ve probably heard the term ’staging.’ Staging is essentially the act of making your home as desirable as possible by doing things like cleaning, organizing, and refreshing key rooms. Over the recent years, staging has become a vital (and popular) part of the selling [...]
Read More »Date: Saturday, June 27, 2009
Time: 9am registration and continental breakfast will be served
Location: 150 East Idaho, Las Cruces, NM (next to Comcast Cable)
Cost: ABSOLUTELY FREE (there are no costs or obligations)
Registration: You may register online or by calling us at: 1(575)532-2211.
Don’t forget, this upcoming Saturday we’ll be hosting the First Time Home Buyers Fair and [...]
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The time has never been better for new home owners to purchase their first home. Not only are interest rates at their lowest levels in forty year but this is also the most affordable housing market in the last eighteen years as well. At present, you also have the opportunity to [...]
In this Rent vs. Buy decision for the First-time homebuyer, we have already addressed whether you are financially able to be a Homeowner. (Click here to see this post)
Today we are going to try to answer the question of: After weighing the Pros and Cons of Homeownership, do you still want to [...]
Hi, I hope you enjoyed our second blog and video of the La Vina Wine Festival. Stay tuned, on tuesday, Cinco de Mayo we will present our blog and video of this weekend’s festivities in Old Mesilla.
My goal over a series of Blog Postings is to create a Real Estate “Guide Book.” It will represent [...]
