Three useful strategies to help you determine your home’s value.   Whether you're considering selling, refinancing, or simply curious about your property's value, understanding how to determine your home's worth is crucial. Today, we'll explore three essential strategies to help you unveil the mystery behind your home's market value.   1. Research comparable sales (comps). Analyze recently sold properties in your neighborhood that are similar to yours in terms of size, features, and condition. Look for properties that have sold within the last six months. They provide the most accur ..read more

Here’s what you need to know about how interest rates affect real estate.   By now, you’ve probably heard a ton about interest rates, especially as they relate to the housing market. People talk about them like they’re life and death for our housing market, but why is that? Recently, I’ve received a lot of questions from clients about how interest rates actually affect our housing market, which is why today, I’m sharing three of the biggest impacts of interest rates in real estate:   1. Interest rates affect mortgage payments. When you hear about the Federal Reserve raising or lower ..read more

Here are the top three reasons why you should consider buying ASAP.   Are you contemplating the significant milestone of buying a home but feeling unsure about the timing? In today's ever-changing market, it's natural to question if now is the right moment to dive into homeownership. Let's explore three key reasons why purchasing a home now, rather than later, could be a beneficial investment:   1. Home values appreciate over time. One of the strongest arguments for buying now is the historical trend of increasing home values. Despite short-term fluctuations, real estate has consist ..read more

Here's how you can go about buying and selling at the same time.   Buying a home? Click here to perform a full Home Search Selling a home? Click here for a free home Price Evaluation Today I'm talking to you about how to buy and sell at the same time. A lot of sellers are looking to upgrade or change their living situation. This means buying another home once they're able to sell their current one. This presents a couple of challenges, mainly with financing. Here are a few tips for how to buy and sell in this market: 1. Buy first then sell. If you have the ability to pur ..read more

These three tips will help you stand out as a buyer.   Buying a home? Click here to perform a full Home Search Selling a home? Click here for a free home Price Evaluation Today’s market is a seller’s market, which means sellers generally hold the advantage over buyers when it comes to negotiating. Homes are selling quickly, for top dollar, and with multiple offers. With so much competition out there, you need to know how to make your offer stand out. Here are a few tips to make that happen: 1. Make a high earnest money deposit. If you’re going to make an offer on a prope ..read more

Here’s the impact that inflation may have on homebuyers this year.   Inflation has been in the news quite a bit lately, so many of you are wondering if that means you should hold off from purchasing a home. If that describes your situation, there are a few things to consider.    The first is affordability. If you’re struggling to pay your rent, current mortgage, or may struggle with the extra costs of a home purchase, you may want to wait and see what’s going to be best for your financial situation. You want a nest egg to fall back on, just in case. That being said, over the la ..read more

Here’s where our market stands as we dive deeper into 2021.   Buying a home? Click here to perform a full Home Search Selling a home? Click here for a free home Price Evaluation In addition to the usual market update, today I’ll give you an overview of where Santa Fe Realty Unlimited stands as a company. We have about 30 people working for us, and last year we sold 153 homes in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Most of those took place in Santa Fe, but we achieved a milestone by opening an office for Albuquerque Realty. This has not only been a huge success, but it’s also enable ..read more

Let’s take a look at three of Santa Fe’s awesome city parks!   Buying a home? Click here to perform a full Home Search Selling a home? Click here for a free home Price Evaluation It’s a little known fact that Santa Fe has almost 100 parks, 68 of which are developed, while 26 remain undeveloped. The city also boasts over 170 miles of walking trails. The first stop on our city park tour is SWAN Park on the south side of Santa Fe (0:25 in the video above). The park, whose name is a pleasant acronym for Southwest Area Node, lies between Jaguar and Tierra Contenta. It has pla ..read more

Here’s how we ensure that you can still sell your home safely.   Buying a home? Click here to perform a full Home Search Selling a home? Click here for a free home Price Evaluation As our state reopens, more and more buyers want to see homes again. With COVID-19 still a big concern, how do sellers stay safe when people view their homes? Here are the steps my team and I are taking.  First, we require everyone to wear a mask when entering one of our occupied listings. The day before the recording of this video, a potential buyer got very upset because we asked them to ..read more

Even in a pandemic, people still need to buy and sell homes. If you fall into that category, here’s what you need to know as we head into late May.   Buying a home? Click here to perform a full Home Search Selling a home? Click here for a free home Price Evaluation We’re well into what normally is the busy season of real estate and the pandemic continues to affect every aspect of our lives. I hope you and your loved ones are safe and sane at home. As far as New Mexico real estate is concerned, the market has been moving along considerably well; we’re still getting multipl ..read more