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April Existing – Home Sales Show Modest Improvement Behind Gaining Inventory

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2014) – Existing-home sales increased for the first time this year in April, while inventory meaningfully increased and home price growth moderated, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Monthly sales gains in the West and South offset a modest decline in
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5 free things for visitors to do in Santa Fe

SANTA FE, N.M. — There's no doubt this capital city has truly earned its nickname as The City Different. Its skyline is not made of skyscrapers, but rather a collection of flat-topped adobe buildings that has taken more than four centuries to evolve. At its heart, Santa Fe's narrow,
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The Santa Fe Film Festival

Your Source for Santa Fe Real Estate The first four days in May will be filled with films and related events as The Santa Fe Film Festival returns.  This year's theme is The Festival offers a program of over 60 films, panels, juried awards, workshops and parties.  Film screenings take place
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Love Santa Fe: Angels Night Out – April 24th

Your Local Source for Santa Fe Real Estate On Thursday April 24th you can combine a good meal with a good deed. If you are in the Santa Fe area, you can participate in Angels Night Out, the annual restaurant event to support Kitchen Angels.* When you dine out at one of the 29
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Love Santa Fe: A Quarter Mile Plus

What happens when you take an entire college campus and turn it into an art gallery?  A Quarter Mile Plus.  Santa Fe Community College has been transformed by this ambitious, creative show of student, faculty and staff work.*   Conceived by Printmaking department head Patricia Pierce, the
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The readers at Conde Nast Traveler are at it again, this time choosing their favorite destination spas.  Santa Fe's Ten Thousand Waves is #4.*   As one reader said:  "There is no way you can leave Ten Thousand Waves without feeling a sense of peace and relaxation." In Santa Fe, after
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I’m sending a special alert! Interest rates at their all-time low this year!

I'm sending a special alert.  The stock market has dropped on concerns about China's economy and the situation in Ukraine, resulting in interest rates at their all-time low this year! Take advantage for refis and purchases with the following - these Annual Percentage Rates (APRs) are good
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Perfect Ski Day – Love Santa Fe

It's felt like spring recently, but the storm last weekend brought welcome snow to the mountains.  Ski season is still going strong, and the addition of natural snow makes it that much better.  Thesantafe.org website posted their plans for a perfect ski day - and we think it's worth
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Housing Gains Predicted for 2014

More modest gains are likely this year, according to the most recent Kiplinger Letter forecast. The national average of appreciation in home values is up 4 percent-4.5 percent, compared with a gain over 11 percent in 2013. The top stated reason for this increase is rising mortgage rates, will
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Santa Fe 2013 Stats

The Santa Fe Residential Market: Climbing slowly back to prosperity

The hikes and falls and spasms that describe various moments in the real-estate industry during the last five years make market analyses and predictions in “the old days” seem like child’s play. It’s no wonder that experienced professionals like Cate Adams (in the Santa Fe office of
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