Santa Fe Reporter Best of Santa Fe

Liz Cale, Qualifying Broker

Best Local Real Estate Agency

1 Santa Fe Properties
1000 Paseo de Peralta,
320 Paseo de Peralta
982-4466
The real estate industry can be some tricky business, and is just as topsy turvy and liable to drastic change as weather in the monsoon season. But Santa Fe Properties is a mighty ship of a real estate agency that is willing to weather the stormy seas to come out into the sun. Santa Fe is a desirable area and a community with positive press. Having faith in it is one big reason for our success, qualifying broker Liz Cale says. The company will be keeping the faith for a while and is looking to the horizon for the real estate market here. There will be positive equity increase here over the next 10 years. We are excited to continue to be ambassadors of Santa Fe to the outside community, Cale says. It is more than just showing houses. You need to sell the town.

The friendly folk over at Santa Fe Properties will not take all the credit for their success though…they want the public to know that the best thing about their jobs is that the town sells itself.
2. Sothebys International Realty, 231 Washington Ave., 988-8088
3. Santa Fe Realty Partners, 417 E. Palace Ave., 982-6207

Be transported to an oceanside locale at the Club’s Lobster Party and World Beat Dance Party. Imagine gentle breezes and sandy beaches as you indulge in generous lobster tails and dance the night awy to the world beat sounds of Agua Bendita. $82pp++ for members and their guests

6-7pm – Mojitos & Hors d’oeuvres

7-8:30pm – Caribbean-Inspired Dinner Buffet

6-9:30 – Music from Agua Bendita

Reserve space today at 505-995-3500.

The mini-triathlon will include a 3-mile walk/run, 200-yard swim and 11.4-mile cycling loop. Members can participate as an individual or a team. Besides providing physical rewards to the competitors, the event has a charitable component, benefitting the Las Campanas Compadres, an active group that provides therapeutic programs for children and adults with physical, emotional, or learning disabilities.

Registration deadline is August 31. Entry forms are available at the Spa. Cost of entry is $25 plus opt-in donation for the Compadres. A commemorative T-shirt is included in the entry fee. For information, contact the Spa Front Desk at 505-995-3600. To learn more about the Las Campanas Compadres, visit their website at www.lascampanascompadres.org.

The event will be preceded by a Carbo Loading Pasta Dinner for entrants and supporters at 7 p.m. Sept. 5 at the Hacienda, $27 per person. Call for reservations. 505-995-3500.

Another note:  Ben Bernanke, Fed Reserve Chairman, will be delivering this semi-annual testimony to Congress this week.  Mortgage investors are going to be listening and watching closely for clues that the Fed is even thinking about trying to ease up any pressure on the economy – since we are already at record-low interest rates. Bernanke, more likely, will just re-affirm the Fed’s intention to keep their bench-mark short-term rates at very low levels “for an extended period”. 

Ginger Sullivan, Anasazi Mortgage

Special offerings include:

Ceviche $8
Well Martinis $6
Silver Coin Margarita $5
Soft Shell Crabs Entree $23
Squash Blossom Appetizer $6  

Music in the Mixed Grill with JJ Frank
Fridays in July and August.
For dinner reservations, please call 505-995-3500.

“In polls over the years Santa Fe has been consistently rated as a travel destination on a par with New York, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, and Vancouver among others,” said Keith Toler, Executive Director of the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Visitors are seeking something genuine and original in their travels and Santa Fe’s history, culture, people, and attractions provide that authenticity. In addition, the city delivers a high degree of customer service which keeps travelers returning to Santa Fe,” he said.

Of Santa Fe, T+L says: “The heady aroma of burning piñon logs permeates the air every night in Santa Fe, where the altitude–nearly 7,000 feet–ensures that even summer evenings are crisp enough for locals to light up their kiva fireplaces. The scent is a constant presence in this ever-changing city, where thick-walled adobe buildings nearly 400 years old stand cheek-by-jowl with avant-garde art galleries and edgy modern restaurants. It’s a reminder that, despite its vibrant population of skiers and hikers, painters and photographers, alternative healers, hippies, and gays, this city is strongly connected to its Spanish-Native American heritage–and to the pristine landscape that surrounds it.”

T+L subscribers were provided questionnaires online, in the January, February and March, 2010 issues, and by email. The responses were tabulated to reach the final results in this, the magazine’s fifteenth annual poll. Cities were rated on 6 criteria: sights, culture/arts, restaurants/food, people, shopping, and value. Scores were compiled using a 1 to 5 rating of each category. A minimum number of responses was required for a candidate to be eligible for inclusion in the awards listings. Results were announced online and appear in the magazine’s August, 2010 issue.

For 2010 the top 10 U.S. and Canadian cities, in Travel & Leisure magazine’s World’s Best Awards are:

1. New York; 2. San Francisco; 3. Charleston, SC; 4. Chicago; 5. SANTA FE; 6 Vancouver; 7. New Orleans; 8. Quebec City ; 9. Victoria, British Columbia; 10. Washington D.C.

New York was given an overall score of 87.68. Santa Fe received an overall score of 86.04, up from last year’s rating of 82.53.

Complete results and methodology can be found online at: www.travelandleisure.com/worldsbest/methodology.

Sold Land in Las Campanas May 2010

NOTE: This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the Santa Fe Association of REALTORS or its Multiple Listing Service for the periods indicated above. Neither the Association nor its M.L.S. guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its M.L.S. may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.

Pending Land in Las Campanas May 2010

No lot sales were pending at the end of May.

NOTE: This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the Santa Fe Association of REALTORS or its Multiple Listing Service for the periods indicated above. Neither the Association nor its M.L.S. guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its M.L.S. may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.

Sold Homes in Las Campanas May 2010

*Previously listed at a higher price.

**% of List/Sell reflects last list price. There were previous price reductions.

NOTE: This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by the Santa Fe Association of REALTORS or its Multiple Listing Service for the periods indicated above. Neither the Association nor its M.L.S. guarantees or is in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by the Association or its M.L.S. may not reflect all real estate activity in the market.