Put Your Best Features Forward: Simple Staging Solutions

The following link has a few GREAT and EASY ideas that sellers can do to make their home appeal to buyers. The before and after pictures speek for themselves!


Put Your Best Features Forward: Simple Staging Solutions

Feel free to give me a call, send an email, or a text with any questions. Thanks!Becky Behrens

Some Local Statistics for The New Year

I thought you would enjoy some statistics from last year! It has been VERY interesting to see how real estate sales are trending. Right now the inventory is low only 932 residential listings and we as agents are scrambling for good homes to list. Pricing is very important right now! Also, the average list price is $306,065.00 and they are on the market for an average of 194 days. We sold more homes in 2011, in 2011 we sold 2,394 homes and that is up from 1750 in 2010. Although that doesn't mean that the prices are increasing, in fact the average sales price is down from $210,512 in 2010 to $177,727 in 2011. The following are some more statistics by area. Thanks!

Area          Listings in 2011       Sold Listings in          Average Sales 

                Active           Sold            12/2011                   $ in 12/2011 

City              94              275                22                        $124,935      

North          121             297                 20                        $173,257      

Northeast     77             291                  20                        $155,373      

Southeast     45            304                   15                         $109,922     

Redlands   119             248                   21                        $287,112       

Orchard

Mesa           76              217                  14                        $154,260         

Fruita          84              306                  29                       $212,996          

Clifton       48               161                  17                      $93,515            

Palisade/

East OM    33                  60                   1                        $373,600         

Our brokers gave us the following statistics in our meeting this week.

Feel free to give me a call, send an email, or a text with any questions. Thanks!Becky Behrens

As Close to a Crystal Ball as I can Get!

The following article is the closest thing I've seen to a crystal ball for the future real estate economy. I found this article very encouraging and interesting. I hope you do, as well. Just click on the following link to learn more.


Real estate price declines overshooting fundamentals?

Feel free to give me a call, send an email, or a text with any questions. Thanks!Becky Behrens

REALTOR® Magazine-Daily News-Census Trend: Fewer Owners, More Renters

While I was reading this, I couldn't help but think...It is a great time to start looking for investment property.

REALTOR Magazine-Daily News-Census Trend: Fewer Owners, More Renters

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Grand Junction Real Estate Statistics for October 2008

I know I'm getting this information to you a bit late this month. Sorry! The good news is that I should have November's Stats in a couple of weeks.

The Summary for October 2008 looks like this -

• October was a very slow month for real estate in Grand Junction. However after the election business picked up, at least for our office.
• 159 homes sold. Also, we went from average days on the market(DOM) to average months on the market and that was at 4.2 average months.
• In October, inventory was down considerably for homes priced lower than $450,000.
• The average price of the homes sold this month went down slightly by $4,002 to $246,787.

Disclaimer, I get the monthly statistics from my broker and his numbers take into account the expired listings and therefore slightly differ from my weekly statistics

The New Oil and Gas Rules Are Expected Out Next Week

I've been waiting for the New Rules to finally come out and according to our local newspaper they should be out next week. It will definitely be interesting to see what the new rules are and how they affect the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Colorado. I have included a link to the article below.

Daily Sentinel-New Oil and Gas Rules

What is Happening In Grand Junction Area Real Estate - 10/19/08-10/25/08

Market Statistics for October 19, 2008 - October 25, 2008-

According to our local MLS, there are currently 1,570 active residential listings in Grand Junction, 199 homes are under contract, and 43 homes sold last week. They are broken into areas below-

• City Area - 144 active/ 4 sold
• North Area - 274 active/ 7 sold
• Northeast Area - 155 active/ 4 sold
• Southeast Area - 159 active/ 6 sold
• Clifton Area - 81 active / 3 sold
• Orchard Mesa Area - 165 active / 6 sold
• Redlands Area - 230 active / 3 sold
• Fruita Area - 238 active / 7 sold
• Palisade/East Orchard Mesa Area - 64 active / 3 sold
• Northwest Area - 21 active / 0 sold
• West Area - 39 active / 0 sold
• Whitewater - 34 active / 0 sold
• Collbran/Molina/ Mesa/Vega Area - 54 active / 0 sold
• New Construction (Homes built in 2008)- 255 active / 4 sold

The Different Neighborhoods in Mesa County - This is a general guide to the different areas

What is Happening In Grand Junction Area Real Estate - 10/12/08-10/18/08

Market Statistics for October 12, 2008 - October 18, 2008-

According to our local MLS, there are currently 1,622 active residential listings in Grand Junction, 224 homes are under contract, and 30 homes sold last week. They are broken into areas below-

• City Area - 155 active/ 5 sold
• North Area - 275 active/ 6 sold
• Northeast Area - 167 active/ 0 sold
• Southeast Area - 158 active/ 3 sold
• Clifton Area - 83 active / 4 sold
• Orchard Mesa Area - 162 active / 1 sold
• Redlands Area - 234 active / 5 sold
• Fruita Area - 253 active / 5 sold
• Palisade/East Orchard Mesa Area - 72 active / 0 sold
• Northwest Area - 21 active / 0 sold
• West Area - 42 active / 0 sold
• Whitewater - 32 active / 1 sold
• Collbran/Molina/ Mesa/Vega Area - 51 active / 0 sold
• New Construction (Homes built in 2008)- 248 active / 3 sold

The Different Neighborhoods in Mesa County - This is a general guide to the different areas

What is Happening In Grand Junction Area Real Estate - 10/5/08-10/11/08

Market Statistics for October 5, 2008 - October 11, 2008-

According to our local MLS, there are currently 1,650 active residential listings in Grand Junction, 232 homes are under contract, and 31 homes sold last week. They are broken into areas below-

• City Area - 157 active/ 6 sold
• North Area - 281 active/ 6 sold
• Northeast Area - 172 active/ 0 sold
• Southeast Area - 165 active/ 3 sold
• Clifton Area - 88 active / 3 sold
• Orchard Mesa Area - 160 active / 4 sold
• Redlands Area - 236 active / 2 sold
• Fruita Area - 255 active / 6 sold
• Palisade/East Orchard Mesa Area - 72 active / 0 sold
• Northwest Area - 20 active / 0 sold
• West Area - 44 active / 1 sold
• Whitewater - 32 active / 0 sold
• Collbran/Molina/ Mesa/Vega Area - 51 active / 1 sold
• New Construction (Homes built in 2008)- 249 active / 5 sold

The Different Neighborhoods in Mesa County - This is a general guide to the different areas

Graphs-Grand Junction Real Estate Statistics for September 2008

Grand Junction Real Estate Statistics for September 2008

The Summary for September 2008 looks like this -

• 244 homes sold, and the average days on the market(DOM) was 109. You can see the DOM broken down by price range on the graphs.


• In September, inventory was slightly down in homes priced lower than $450,000 and there was a slight increase for homes priced above $450,000. There was a slight increase in sales for September.


• The average price of homes sold this month went up $6,190 to $250,789.

Disclaimer, I get the monthly statistics from my broker and his numbers take into account the expired listings and therefore slightly differ from my weekly statistics