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“Foreclosures”

Home Buying Tips: Negotiating the Home Price

Home Buying Tips: Negotiating the Home Price

What’s Happening in the Ouray County, CO Residential Market?

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Although I work out of my real estate office in Montrose, CO, I also live in Ridgway, Ouray County.   I get the occasional listing or buyer looking in this area, which alway pleases me, since I love living here so much.   Today, as I work from my beautiful home with the spectacular view of the [...]

5 Reasons Why Now is a Good Time to Sell–and Why It May Not Be

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We’ve been hearing for quite some time that it’s a buyer’s market and a great time to buy.  That is probably not going to change any time soon in 2011.  So what happens if you’re a seller or thinking about selling?  Are there good reasons to sell now?   Here are 5 reasons why now may be a [...]

Foreclosure Lingo, Process and Montrose Colorado Foreclosure Update

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We hear a lot about “foreclosures” and buyers and investors looking for “foreclosures” and real estate agents advertising  “foreclosures.”  In fact, what most of these people are referring to are REO (real estate owned ) properties, that is, real estate owned by the bank.  These are properties that have actually gone through the legal foreclosure [...]

Looking for a Foreclsoure Bargain? Don’t Expect the Bank to Give it Away.

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Almost everyone is looking for and expecting to get a great bargain these days. There’s no question it’s a buyer’s market, but when it comes to foreclosures, don’t expect the banks to give it away, any more than a private seller would. REO’s (i.e., foreclosed, bank-owned) properties do offer some of the best bargains around, [...]

Positive News Continues–Especially for Montrose Real Estate

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There may be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow after all.  After months of hearing nothing but bad to worse news concerning the real estate industry and the economy in general, we’re finally receiving positive news that things are improving, with new home sales up across the nation. Click here to read such [...]

Montrose area market update and statistics: 2009 year-to-date through May

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I was pleasantly surprised to see an upsurge in real estate activity, beginning in April.  I thought it might be just a fluke, but I’m happy to report, since then, we’ve been experiencing a steady flow and increase in activity, by which I mean more buyers are looking, more buyers are buying, and more sellers [...]