With the kids back in school and the weather cooling, the housing market begins its annual cooldown as well. Nationally, buyer and seller activity remained strong, buoyed by low mortgage rates and a strong economy. The market fundamentals suggest no significant changes from recent trends, other than the seasonally tempered pace we see this time […]
Does Zillow know my home value?
The public simply loves Zillow and I can’t blame them. It’s a great home search platform, and it shows you demographics and pictures and all sorts of neighborhood information that most REALTOR sites do not show. The biggest roadblock to Zillow for REALTORS is the “Zillow estimate” of a home’s value. Here in New Mexico […]
Should I get an inspection to list my house?
This is an often asked question when you are ready to sell your Albuquerque area home. Should you get a pre-listing inspection? I’ll try answer this question based on today’s market. When you sell your home, there are at least 3 times that you negotiate. The first part is, what I think, the easy part […]