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Alice Smith
It is probable the Smith brothers contacted me through my website thinking there was an outside chance I might be a distant relative. After working the coal mines of West Virginia most of their adult lives, identical twins Floyd and Lloyd along with their ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Today I decided to google my name and look over a few of the posts I have written elsewhere about Albuquerque and New Mexico over the years and came upon this site: Localism - Cochiti Pueblo .I don't contribute as much as I would like to this site ...  [Read More]
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Alice Smith
It doesn't seem all that long ago prospective home owners could find a multitude of lenders willing to grant conventional mortages with zero money down. As it turns out, this merely added kerosene to the fire known as sub prime loans leading to a real ...  [Read More]
Posted:byAlice Smith
Alice Smith
A piece of legislation that could have a major and positive impact upon the real estate market was in the news this week and I couldn't help but think that maybe, just maybe, the folks in Washington have finally come up with something to possibly get ...  [Read More]
Posted:byAlice Smith
Alice Smith
This "buy American" policy is a lot easier said than done particullarly when it comes to your choice of transportation. I remember being perfectly happy with my Jeep as I approached the outskirts of El Paso for a weekend visit with my family ...  [Read More]
Posted:byAlice Smith
Alice Smith
What is the reason for the recent home mortgage rate increase I asked myself just the other day. It seems recent success by the FED at thawing the nations' housing and credit markets has been trumped by record Washington borrowing amounts driving up ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
If you are in the market for a spacious home at a reasonable price, then 9114 Ladron at the Trails is the house for you. It has 5 bedrooms that include two on the first floor. But the game room, also on the first floor, could be used as a 6th bedroom, ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
The Greater Albuquerque Metropolitan real estate market continues to share the experiences (though comparatively less severely) of most other cities acrosss the country. The downturn that began in the 2007 for our region) has led to an increase in foreclosures ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
navigating the ripiples of the ABQ market June 2008 Recently, some areas of our community had transactions that were adversely affected by higher loan-to-value ratio requirements imposed by lenders because of falling sales prices. Several areas, identified ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
• 2,063 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm single story - MLS® $165,000 Rio Rancho, Sandoval County - This "diamond in the rough" is ready for immediate occupancy by someone with the desire and creativity to bring out its brillance. Sitting on ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, the skies are still as blue as always as the sunlight continues its daily light and shadow plays across the Sandia mountain ranges. Not much has changed. But we watch the billboards to see if gas prices are showing any inclination ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Model Home • 2,630 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 2 story "Open Plan" - MLS® $229,000 - Reduced Sundance Albuquerque - Number 8616 Hatteras Place is a spacious, 2-story, former KB Model home on a beautifully designed xeriscape corner lot in ...  [Read More]
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Rick Cordova ~ Sabine Becker Team/Associate Brokers
What challenges has life presented you with?  [Read More]
Posted:byRick Cordova ~ Sabine Becker Team/Associate Brokers
Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Ready for Occupancy • 1,064 sq. ft., 2 bath, 2 bdrm single story "Ground Floor" - MLS® $109,000 - Updated Features Cute Rio Rancho Condo - This easy-to-care-for, one level condo in an adult (55+) community is conveniently located close ...  [Read More]
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Rick Cordova ~ Sabine Becker Team/Associate Brokers
7 Tips for Great Relationships By Jeff Herring RISMEDIA, April 2, 2008-In real estate, as in most walks of life, relationships rule. Here are seven tips for highly successful, great relationships. 1. Commitment True commitment means much more than simply ...  [Read More]
Posted:byRick Cordova ~ Sabine Becker Team/Associate Brokers
Rick Cordova ~ Sabine Becker Team/Associate Brokers
"I'm not moving from Couer d'Alene, Idaho, I love the hills, trees, rain, people and lakes. I've lived in the S.W. for over 40 years and now and welcome the change". We both agreed on this move and now things are different. But, in ...  [Read More]
Posted:byRick Cordova ~ Sabine Becker Team/Associate Brokers
Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Eloise Gift www.EloiseGift.com A Gift for Real Estate The New Mexico Bureau of Business and Economic Research gave its state of New Mexico report yesterday and it wasn’t all bad. Larry Waldman, senior economist at the University, said the New Mexico ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Hot off the press! Housing Predictor http://www.housingpredictor.com/top25 in its latest update, places Albuquerque, New Mexico at the top of its list of Hottest 10 Buyers Markets , after a surveying 75 markets nationwide. According to Housing Predictor, ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Local Real Estate Professional Certified to Address and eNCOURAGE the Benefits of Energy Efficiency and Green Features in Homes Albuquerque, NM—November 23 – Eloise Gift of Keller Williams Realty in Albuquerque, NM has earned the EcoBroker ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Light-filled contemporary • 1,560 sq. ft., 2 bath, 3 bdrm single story "Modern" - MLS® $195,000 - Almost LIke New In Paradise Hills East, Albuquerque, A lightly used, light-filled Fuller home on a quiet court with a partial view of the ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
In real estate, Timing Is Everything may have more than one meaning My client, Shauna (not her real name) is businesslike and decisive. When she called me about selling her house. She was not hesitant. She had thought about the matter and she knew what ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Southwest, Rio Rancho - Announcing a price reduction on 23rd Avenue SW, a lot / land "Awaiting your creativity". Now MLS® #507475 $20,000 - Diamond in the Rough. Property information  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Southwest, Rio Rancho - Announcing a price reduction on 23rd Avenue SW, a 1-acre of / land "Awaiting your creativity". Now MLS® #507475 $20,000 - Diamond in the Rough. Property information Rio Rancho is the fastest growing city in the state ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
• 1,650 sq. ft., 4 bdrm single story - MLS® #509894 $179,900 in Central Rio Rancho - This well-maintained home in Rio Rancho is conveiently located to shopping, transportation, restaurants and newer development not far from the Unser and Southern ...  [Read More]
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Eloise Gift, CRS, GRI
Eloise Gift http://EloiseGift.com Your Gift for real estate I have lived in cities with small defined neighborhoods within neighborhoods, but they were difficult to find without visible markers anywhere. I often thought that at one time such neighborhoods ...  [Read More]
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