Venturi Team Realtors Help Homeowners Smoothly Relocate To and From Albuquerque

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Are you one of the many people that need to relocate to or from Albuquerque or Rio Rancho? Are you a member of military, getting ready to move to the Kirtland Air Force Base? Is there a new job on the horizon or does family prompt you to move elsewhere?

No matter what your reason, if you are in the market to relocate either to or from the Albuquerque or Rio Rancho area – we would like to help! As active members of the community, we have years of experience not only as real estate agents but also more importantly as residents of the area. There would be nothing more wonderful for us than to help you with your move to our area or to assist with your journey onward.

Regardless of your timelines – whether you need to relocate over the next few days or the next few years, the many systems we have in place will only make the process run smoother and more efficient, leaving you time to focus on other things.

If you are selling a home here in our locale and need to do it quickly, we work to get it sold quickly. One of the things we do to make sure your property sells as closely as possible to your expectations is to utilize our amazing market program to its fullest. We scour market statistics to fully understand the area’s other sales so that when it comes time to pricing your home, we do it competitively. Our aim is always to achieve top-level results and after working with many relocating clients for years, we are able to confidently say that we do our jobs pretty well.

If moving out of the area is in the cards for you – we can assist in finding a good Realtor in your new area. We have an extensive network of agents nationwide that we can vouch for – leaving you in good hands as you transition into a new phase of your life.

Living in the 21st century, we make sure to incorporate as many facets of technology into our professional lives as possible. That’s why we stand apart from many agents by utilizing to the fullest available technologies and tools. We conduct full-blown property photography shoots for our out-of-town buyers that cannot make it, use satellite imagery to communicate unique aspects of a property or the surrounding areas – and keep in touch via real time updates. All these tools (and more) make it entirely doable to buy a home without ever setting foot in your new location.

If you would like to realize your dream of living in New Mexico – or you need to relocate to another place for whatever reason, please contact us. We would be honored to assist you with your relocation!

Short Sales In Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Take a Turn for the Better

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Even though they have been around for a long time, short sales did not really become a household term until relatively recently. In 2007, when all things in the housing market came crashing down, many of us saw the worst our real estate market had ever been. That was when countless homeowners found themselves in the impossible situation of owing more on their home than the property was worth.

You and I both know that no matter what a market might predict is the value of a home – sometimes life does not give us choices where we need them most. So for people that were equally as hard hit by the corresponding economic strife faced by the country at that time, there were almost no options.

Short sales were back then and remain till today, one of the best options for homeowners that have underwater mortgages. Alternatives to foreclosures, short sales allow homeowners to walk away from their mortgages, having paid the bank at least the fair market value on the property. Since it is a matter of the bank needing to accept a lesser amount than what is owed, the process is usually very lengthy and involves several steps and lots of people.

Though a short sale is never a good experience, it is definitely better than having to endure foreclosure. There are some credit ramifications of dealing with an underwater mortgage in this manner but they are not nearly as damaging as a foreclosure because it demonstrates the homeowners’ attempt to make good on the debt. Usually, most homeowners can purchase another home about two years from the time they did a short sale on their property whereas a foreclosure has lasting negative impact on a borrower.

Short Sale Activity Changing in the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Markets

Locally, we have seen some changing trends in the short sale market. Three years ago there were 355 short sale closings in the area. One year later, the number was approximately 600 and this past year we saw an increase in the number of homes sold by short sale to about 855. What this means is that more banks are willing to process this alternative for struggling homeowners and the process is becoming more streamlined. In fact, some banks are realizing that the cost to litigate foreclosed properties is not worth the loss many short sale properties would help to avoid.

Here in our area, the actual number of short sale listings is going down – indicating less distress in the area and fewer homeowners with underwater mortgages. At a time when the nation’s economic outlook is still suffering and with the impending uncertainty that comes with an election year plus the shaky European economy, we are grateful for smoother short sales.

If you are dealing with this or other situations of distress concerning your property and are considering the alternatives – contact us today so we can go through your situation together and come up with a plan!  We’d love the opportunity to serve you!

Albuquerque Journal Shares New Insight About Real Estate

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What can be better than knowledge?  And in the world of real estate, this couldn’t be truer. In fact, since the advent of technology the real estate world has changed immensely. Consider that you are reading my real estate video blog that I established so that I could reach my valued community of clients, friends, family, coworkers and peers. Gone are the days of simple telephone only communication.  Now we have email, instant chat, social media, blogs and video to name a few.

In an effort to utilize these technologies that we have available to us today, protect our resources and also to maximize exposure to the happenings in Albuquerque, the Albuquerque Journal’s newspaper Sage recently changed to an online format. As part of the change, new and exciting additions were made to the magazine.  I was asked to take part in a panel of columnists to share expert opinions of their respective areas of expertise.

Very gratefully, I now have yet another forum through which to share the news, views, tips and tricks of an industry I am proud to be associated with. Today, I invite you to come visit the website and browse through the valuable information you will find. And while you’re at it, please stop by and read the most recent blog post about moving up or downsizing property. I hope you enjoy my online column and leave a comment!  I would love to hear more about what you would like to read about. Whether it is information on the latest market statistics, news about up and coming new developments, buyer or seller trends – whatever it is you want to read about, let me know.

I hope to see you there!