RE/MAX Alliance Welcomes Walnut Realty Inc Agents

RE/MAX Alliance on Walnut is a boutique firm with international reach, delivering a brand of service based on integrity, informed by expertise, and practiced in efficiency. Click here for website.

Spice Up Your Home This Winter with These Mini Projects

The holidays are over and hopefully your home is free from holiday decoration and debris. With temperatures dropping outdoors, now is the perfect time to pick up some mini projects to brighten the inside of your home and create a new feel for the new year.

Explore your crafting side: If you're snowed in with nothing to do, pick up that arts and crafts project you've been procrastinating on forever. Make a collage for your bedroom or living room, or maybe paint an old lamp or vase. Artistic expression gives your home a unique look and provides you with a fun activity that will also be quite productive.

Mortgage Rates Continue Trend of Record-Breaking Lows

Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey®, showing mortgage rates easing to new all-time record lows for all products covered in the survey helping to keep homebuyer affordability high. The average for the 30-year fixed mortgage rate has been below 4.00 percent for six consecutive weeks.

The survey concluded that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.89 percent, with an average 0.7 point for the week ending January 12, 2012, down from last week when it averaged 3.91 percent. Last year at this time, the 30-year FRM averaged 4.71 percent.

The 15-year FRM this week averaged 3.16 percent with an average 0.8 point, down from last week when it averaged 3.23 percent. A year ago at this time, the 15-year FRM averaged 4.08 percent.

Walnut Realty Inc has combined resources with RE/MAX Alliance

In these challenging economic times, two of the Boulder Valley’s strongest and most respected real estate entities have come together to form a strategic merger that will result in a new company called RE/MAX Alliance on Walnut. After almost a year of diligence and careful consideration, Walnut Realty Inc has agreed to combine resources with RE/MAX Alliance, which is the largest RE/MAX franchise in the world and Colorado's largest locally owned real estate organization.

“After 38 years of success operating Walnut Realty people have been asking me why I would merge,” said Tom Kahn, partner at RE/MAX Alliance on Walnut and founder of Walnut Realty in 1974. “After careful consideration, it felt very appropriate for the times to add the strength and support of the RE/MAX brand. For my agents, they have been given remarkable tools to be successful agents and for the public, powerful tools for either finding a home or selling their home for the best price. The market share of RE/MAX offices in the Boulder area is phenomenal with huge internet and print media presence.”

RE/MAX Alliance Agent Kevin Chambless Shares His Thoughts on the Highlands Ranch Real Estate Market!

RE/MAX Alliance agent Kevin Chambless answers questions regarding the current real estate market and what’s happening specifically in the Highlands Ranch area. Chambless has been successfully helping real estate buyers and sellers for 6 ½ years. In 2011, he has assisted over 30 families, closing over $9 million in real estate. Nearly all of Chambless’s business comes from referrals. However, he is happy to help anyone with their real estate needs.

Chambless has Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Finance from the University of Colorado and continues his education in areas that he thinks will benefit the people he works with; earning various real estate designations such as the GRI, CNE, and CDPE. He is active in his church and is a proud husband and father of two wonderful girls. They have lived in Highlands Ranch for 12 years.

What are today’s consumers most concerned with when it comes to buying and selling real estate?

What I often see is that the biggest concern expressed by buyers and sellers is price. There is no doubt that price is important. However, often overlooked is the need by the parties to move forward into the next phase of their lives. Given the challenge in selling houses the last few years, consumers are more aware of resale considerations when making their purchase decisions.