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Majority Of Realtors® Continue To Report Sellers Haven’t Lowered Listing Prices To Attract Buyers

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NAR News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 3 in 4 Realtors® working with sellers this week – 76 percent – reported their clients haven’t reduced listing prices to attract buyers, according to a new survey from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR).

That’s up from 74 percent who said the same a week ago.

“Nearly 70 percent of Americans have secure employment and those interested in purchasing homes are looking at the enticing mortgage rates,” NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun said. “One in five potential buyers have dropped out of the market due to job loss concerns, hopes are the massive financial Read More

Posts From The Road: Upper Antelope Canyon

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Entrance: The tour operators transport visitors from Page, Ariz. to the entrance area of Antelope Canyon. We toured the Upper canyon. The entrance to the slot canyon is unassuming but as soon as you enter and round the first bend in the trail, visitors experience the beauty of the canyon. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

WOW: One of the early views seen by visitors after entering the canyon. This landscape was carved over millions of years by wind and rain. Still today, a close eye is kept on the weather and if thunderstorms are possible, tours are cancelled. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More

Fr. Glenn: In For The Long Game

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By Fr. Glenn Jones

As luck would have it, my little window faces east, giving wonderful views of the Sandia Mountains as the sun is setting … basting them with an evening “watermelon” reddish tint from which they purportedly derive their Spanish name … the latest beauty beheld in a lifetime of visual wonders. Sunsets over Shiprock, dawn on the ocean, Maryland trees shimmering with a thousand fireflies on a spring evening, snowfall in the Los Alamos canyons … the night sky over a totally-darkened landscape—something we count ourselves fortunate to continue to be able to find in New Mexico. (“…the Read More

New Mexico Department Of Transportation Supports Governor’s Order To Shutdown Access To Gallup By Providing Detailed Traffic Control Plan

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STATE News:

  • State Police and the Army National Guard will be manning checkpoints.

SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation has mobilized roadblocks to restrict traffic coming into Gallup in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the area.

Gallup is in McKinley County, which now leads New Mexico in COVID-19 cases.

McKinley County includes a corner of the main part of the Navajo Nation, which has been hit hard by the pandemic.

Gallup is a regional shopping destination, including for many reservation residents. The roadblocks are in place to restrict the influx of people coming into Read More

Traffic Alert: N.M. 502 Closed Between 4th & Arroyo May 2

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Traffic Alert:

Saturday, May 2, Century Link’s contractor Kelly Cable will install a Fiber Optics Manhole at 4th Street and Central Avenue.

N.M. 502 will be closed 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. between 4th Street and Arroyo Lane.

Eastbound traffic will be detoured to 4th Street to Canyon Road and back onto N.M. 502. 

Westbound traffic will be detoured to Canyon Road, 4th Street, Central Avenue to Knecht Street and back onto N.M. 502.

Detour signage will be in place. Read More

May Is Motorcycle Awareness Month … Share The Road

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Poster issued by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Courtesy/NHTSA

NMDOT News:

  • Drivers should expect more motorcyclists on the roads as the weather warms up

SANTA FE – With warmer weather, more motorcyclists will be on the road which is why May is Motorcycle Awareness Month.

A time to remind all drivers to share the road and all motorcyclists to wear helmets and practice other safety measures.

Motorcyclists are 28 percent more likely to die in a crash and five times more likely to be injured than drivers in passenger vehicles, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Read More