Becky's Blog

Market Statistics for September 14, 2008 - September 20, 2008 According to our local MLS, there are currently 1,708 active residential listings in Grand Junction, 311 homes are under contract, and 68 homes sold last week. There were a strong number of closings this week, especially for it not bei...

The following is an article from the local paper and it states that here in Western Colorado we are living in a buffer zone, compared to other areas of Colorado and the United States. Thanks to the Oil and Gas Industry for helping us through this. Unfortunatetly, the article only has statistics a...

This is a summary of August's Real Estate Market Statistics, for more detailed statistics check out the graphs. The Summary for August 2008 looks like this - 233 homes sold, and the average days on the market(DOM) was 125. There were no sales above $750,000 and that lowered the average days on th...

Market Statistics for August 31, 2008 - September 13, 2008- According to our local MLS, there are currently 1,680 active residential listings in the Grand Junction Area, 320 homes are under contract, and 73 homes sold last two weeks. At first glance it looks like the inventory has went up. I adde...

I'm sure some of you have heard by now that the government has bought out Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. This was big news that became even bigger as the overseas markets and Dow Jones opened higher than expected. I think this can be seen as a positive. Also, one of my lenders was saying that rates ...

Market Statistics for August 24, 2008 - August 30, 2008 According to our local MLS, there are currently 1,623 active residential listings in Grand Junction, 316 homes are under contract, and 71 homes sold last week. The amount of active listings has continued to decline and as usual there were mo...

We came down a bit from #2, but we are still in the top 10 for house appreciation nationwide. The most important thing is that our houses are still appreciating. Over the last quarter our homes on average have appreciated .82%. However, over the last year our homes have appreciated 5.25% and they...

Market Statistics for August 17, 2008 - August 23, 2008 According to our local MLS, there are currently 1,666 active residential listings in Grand Junction, 335 homes are under contract, and 37 homes sold last week. Over the last few weeks the amount of active listings has been declining. This is...

This is a question I hear almost daily. The vacancy rate was at 1.6% for the second quarter according to a survey released Thursday by the Colorado Division of Housing. Grand Junction came in at the lowest vacancy rate out of 1,600 rental districts in the State. It is especially hard to find shor...