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COMMUNITY INFORMATION TOOL

A great new tool for community information in and around the Albuquerque area. For more information on Albuquerque real estate and areas, please go to my website at www.RealEstateInABQ.com

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Great places to retire and invest

With the real estate market now, you have lots to choose from for places to have a second home, or retire. While the Albuquerque market is my favorite there are other great places around the great US to settle down - just one idea came to me when I was having a discussion with one of my Cyberstar friends, Flynn Gentry-Taylor from Helen, Georgia. She told me there is a great place to invest in property in Innsbruck Resort & Golf Community, in Swiss Alpine Helen, Georgia. A great place to relocate, retire or invest. 90 minutes northeast of Atlanta. Great rental opportunities available to buy a home and make an income producing property as well as have a second home. I encourage you to check it out at www.FlynnTaylor.com - search for homes and information about the area. Contact Flynn today!

ABQREALTORS.com - Official site of the Greater Albuquerque Association of REALTORS®

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USA TODAY ARTICLE - OPPORTUNITIES IN ALBUQUERQUE!

Albuquerque has again been mentioned in the national news media as a great place to be - the article mentions the great job opportunities, the 'resort' atmosphere, and not to mention the great weather, homes are priced well, great inventory and affordable compared to other warm area neighbors. Again if you have been considering Albuquerque as a destination, do it now! There are great accomodations at the Hyatt Tamaya Resort and great things to do while in the "Q"... Check out the link to the article at USA TODAY FOR A FREE RELOCATION PACKAGE TO THE LINK FORM IN MY SITE AT FREE RELOCATION PACKAGE

STATE OF THE HOUSING MARKET

A report just released from the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority reports the following: Purchase Housing Markets New Mexico Markets Are Localized Residential real estate sales activity appears to have slowed in most New Mexico markets, but it should not be characterized as stagnant or stalled. What is more, prices in many markets have increased over last year despite the abundant supply in some areas. A word of caution: not unlike most analyses of New Mexico, real estate market analyses confirm that markets are very different throughout the state and it is difficult to draw statewide conclusions. The market “snapshots” on the next page demonstrate market distinctions throughout the state. As the table illustrates, most markets in New Mexico experienced a slow down in sales, and yet in many markets, average sales prices were greater in 2007 than they were in 2006. This market phenomenon is not unique to New Mexico. Wells Fargo Chairman Richard Kovacevich made the following observation in a Washington Times article published on December 12, 2007: “‘There’s no credit crunch, not when you see people investing billions of dollars into financial institutions,’ he said, referring to recent equity sales to foreign investors by Fannie Mae and Citigroup to bolster their capital. ‘The crunch is that there are buyers who don’t think values are low enough yet and sellers who don’t want to sell at these levels.’” This appears to be the case in many New Mexico markets. This is great news for our area - we have always said that Albuquerque and New Mexico is a microcosm of the general national market; trends are that we have done and will do better than most markets in appreciation. If you would like a free color copy of this report, please contact me at my website at http://www.RealEstateInABQ.com I can email it to you or mail to a postal address.