Blog & Articles
Distinctive properties deserve deeper thinking.
Notes on how to position, price, prepare, and sell the homes that do not behave like the house down the street, written from the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho market.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 28, 2026
A late-October read: the 30-year mortgage holding near 7.3 percent, active inventory up 3.9 percent while pending activity fell 18.2 percent, and the upper end holding its ground across Corrales, Placitas, and Rio Rancho.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 26, 2026
A late-October read: the 30-year mortgage eased to 7.32 percent, September's closings and medians still anchor the market, and the active luxury segment shows the difference between entering with a position and adjusting after the fact.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 21, 2026
A late-October read: the 30-year mortgage is back above 7 percent, September closings fell 12.2 percent year over year while medians held, and the active luxury market shows why positioning still decides the outcome.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 19, 2026
A late-October read: the weekly tracker for the week ending October 16 shows active listings up 4.6 percent with the median list near $429,900, Corrales and Placitas medians still well above the metro, and several of the most visible luxury listings adjusted downward in recent weeks.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 14, 2026
A mid-October read: the September MLS report puts the Albuquerque median at $389,945 with supply at about 3.5 months, Rio Rancho near $389,000, Corrales and Placitas medians well above $750,000, and a fresh set of active luxury listings showing why positioning still decides the outcome at the top.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 12, 2026
An October read: Albuquerque's median near $360,000 holding above a year ago, Rio Rancho around $389,000, Corrales and Placitas medians well above $750,000, and the top of the market repricing as Corrales' largest listing is adjusted to $3,375,000.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 7, 2026
An early-October read: Redfin's metro median near $360,000 holding above a year ago, Rio Rancho's three-month median around $389,000, a tracker still showing a calm seller's market, and Corrales resetting the top of the active market with 3819-3821 Corrales Road now at $4,550,000.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: October 5, 2026
An early-October read: Redfin's August city median near $359,800, Rio Rancho's three-month median around $389,000, and a fresh set of active luxury listings showing why positioning still decides the outcome at the top.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: September 30, 2026
A last-day-of-September read: Rio Rancho's monthly median pushing toward $400,000, Placitas' August median easing, and a new set of luxury listings showing why positioning still decides the outcome at the top.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: September 28, 2026
A late-September read: Redfin's city median at $359,762, GAAR's detached median near $386,000, a Corrales closing above $1.3 million, and what a slowly rebalancing market means for owners of distinctive properties.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: September 23, 2026
A late-September read: metro medians steady, Rio Rancho near $389,000, luxury closings holding up at the top, and what the latest public numbers mean for owners of distinctive properties.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: Late September 2026
A late-September read on the greater Albuquerque market: medians holding near record levels, inventory climbing back, and a luxury segment where positioning still decides the outcome.
Market Update
Albuquerque Market Update: September 2026
A monthly read on the greater Albuquerque market: a record metro median, a seller's market that is slowly balancing, and a luxury segment behaving very differently from the median.
Luxury Seller Strategy
Should You Sell Now or Wait? A Better Way to Decide
The question isn't really about the market. It's about what selling serves your goals, your timing, and your financial picture, answered with numbers and options rather than forecasts.
Life & Financial Decisions
Downsizing From a Luxury Home Without Feeling Like You're Downgrading Your Life
The house that fit the family no longer fits the life, and that is not a loss, it is a chapter change. The right move feels like relief once the numbers and the plan are clear.
Preparation & Presentation
Should You Renovate Before Selling Your Luxury Home?
A $50,000 kitchen remodel will not necessarily add $50,000 to a luxury sale. The question is what the target buyer sees, values, and pays for, and what you should leave alone.
Albuquerque & New Mexico Luxury
Corrales vs. Placitas: Two Very Different Luxury Lifestyles
Both are beloved by luxury buyers. Neither is anything like the other. The choice between Corrales and Placitas is really a choice between two ways of living in New Mexico.
Expired & Unsuccessful Listings
Your Luxury Home Didn't Sell. Don't Relist It Until You Answer These Questions.
Repeating the same strategy with a different agent almost never produces a different result. A relaunch starts with diagnosis: buyers, positioning, timing, and what the market actually told you.
Pricing & Protecting Value
Sale Price vs. Seller Net: The Number That Actually Matters
A $50,000 higher offer can leave a seller with less money than a lower one. Comparing paths by headline price alone ignores everything that determines what you actually walk away with.
Pricing & Protecting Value
Why Zillow Struggles With Albuquerque's Most Distinctive Homes
The Zestimate works best on ordinary homes in dense neighborhoods with lots of data. For the properties that make Albuquerque's market distinctive, it is often little more than a noise generator.
Luxury Seller Strategy
What Is a Private Seller Strategy, and Why Would a Homeowner Want One?
Most sellers hear a listing presentation. My approach starts earlier: understanding what you are trying to accomplish, what your property is worth on its own terms, and which of several paths best serves your goal.
Luxury Seller Strategy
Before You List an Albuquerque Luxury Home, Answer These 7 Questions
The most important decisions in a luxury sale happen before the listing goes live. These seven questions determine whether a distinctive home sells strongly or slowly.
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