The Fall Blog… 

Wow, is this a great time of the year or what.  Fall in Western Colorado is just really amazing. Cool weather, beautiful scenery, a time to take a deep breath and relax a bit.   

Where was I this summer?  Well I must admit I did take some time off from Real Estate and the associated components.  For the last 4 years I have had this pet project of building  a pond on our property.  It was literally a dry hole for a number of years.  This year however we made the big push to finish it up, get water in it, stock it with fish and do about a third of the landscaping around it.  It has been a fun, challenging and hard project.  Eventually I will get some pictures of it up  

While I was out “playing” as my wife would like to say I may have missed the housing crises and the economic problems.  What you don’t know shouldn’t hurt you, right??There is no getting around it, overall sales in the area are about half of what they were last year.  Prices however have not dropped that much in this area.  Foreclosures are up as to be expected, but not that bad.  It is indeed a buyer’s market and the buyers are out looking for a good deal. Again, I can’t see that prices “overall” have come down that much here in the Montrose area. 

The news media has everyone scared, from getting home loans to investing in the market.   I realize the media is just trying to do their job, but be smart, and do a bit of research before making a major decision.  Loans are available. 

We will see what happens in the next week or so, especially after the election, however in the mean time, be happy, don’t worry.