We would like to welcome Rachelle Fisher to the Sears Real Estate family! Rachelle has been in the real estate industry since 2001 and specializes in investors, luxury homes and first time home buyers. She can be reached at 970-324-3903 or at rachelle@searsrealestate.com.
Click here to read her profile.
Congratulations to John D. Valencia for receiving his 25 years of service pin at the Greeley Area Realtor Association Installation Breakfast on September 21, 2011.
Sears Real Estate is proud to have John in our family.
Rate Update
30 Year Fixed 4.125%
15 Year Fixed 3.250%
FHA/VA 30 Year Fixed 4.125%
Conventional rates based on loan amounts of 80% and a 740 credit score;
primary residence; full documentation and are subject to change at any time.
A report by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis showed Greeley among the best-recovering Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the nation in bouncing back from the recession.
The report, which looked at personal income growth for the nation's 366 MSAs between 2009 and 2010, showed personal income in the Greeley MSA rising 3.9 percent. The 2010 ranking raised Greeley from No. 339 on the MSA list to No. 66.
Greeley's total personal income rose from $6.926 billion in 2009 to $7.194 billion in 2010, according to the BEA report.
The Fort Collins-Loveland MSA also showed improvement from 2009 to 2010, rising from No. 284 on the list to No. 196, for a 2.7 percent rise in personal income.
Fort Collins-Loveland MSA's total personal income rose from $11.292 billion in 2009 to $11.6 billion in 2010.
For the nation overall, personal income grew by 2.9 percent in 2010 after falling 1.9 percent in 2009. Personal income growth in 2010 ranged from a high of 10.1 percent in Elizabethtown, Ky., to a low of minus 0.9 in Grand Junction.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released data that shows Weld County with the largest percentage increase in employment out of Colorado’s nine largest counties from 2009-2010.
More specifically, Weld County experienced a 2.9% employment gain from December 2009 – December 2010. Out of the 326 largest counties in the United States, Weld County ranked 11th for employment growth.
Neighboring Larimer County, which posted a 1.7% gain from December 2009 – December 2010, came in 52nd in the nation.
Foreclosures are Down!
Everyone will be happy to know that the number of foreclosures in Weld County in the first half of 2011 was 916 compared to 1455 in the first half of 2010 (about a 37% decrease). That's definitely good news!
A big Thank You to JBS Corporate Office for letting Sears Real Estate tour their facility on Thursday, July 21st. We are so lucky to have a corporation like theirs in Weld County!
Thank you to everyone who has come out the last 2 weeks and supported our Neighborhood Nights events! We've enjoyed seeing you all.
Remember this Friday: The Great Outdoors (PG) at Bittersweet Park (35th Ave & 16th St). Movie begins at dusk and is free! Stop by the Sears Real Estate table for free popcorn!
Agent Dori Workman, Rhonda Welch, CEO/Managing Broker Chalice Springfield and Agent Lindsay Jiricek.
Children with Agent Dori Workman who attended the first Neighborhood Nights movie, Karate Kid, at Anna Gimmestad Park.
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported Relay for Life with Sears Real Estate again this year! This is an event that we at Sears Real Estate always look forward to supporting.
Agent Dick Pierson and Diane Pierson
Kristin Johnson (US Bank) and Family with Agent John D. Valencia
Agent Joann McLean with her granddaughters
Dori Workman, President of the Greeley Philharmonic Guild, attended the Kentucky Derby Gala hosted by the Greeley Philharmonic Guild to support the GP Orchestra at Faulkner's Barn on May 7, 2011.
From left: Laura Kensinger and Anna Tibbits (Heritage Title Company) and Dori Workman (Sears Real Estate).
A big thank you to Derek and Stephanie Boulton, owners of the Sodbuster Inn, for letting Sears Real Estate tour their facility. Sears Real Estate proudly supports local businesses and encourages you to visit the Sodbuster Inn for your next overnight stay in Greeley.
We are excited to welcome Ed & Fara Dyer to the Sears Real Estate Family!
The Weld Food Bank held it's 9th annual Stone Soup dinner and silent auction on April 30th to benefit hunger relief programs in Weld County. Sears Real Estate CEO/Managing Broker, Chalice Springfield and Sears Real Estate Agent, Steve Baker, were among the many who volunteered.
Chalice Springfield & Steve Baker
Sears Real Estate agents and staff "caught the chamber wave" at the 2011 Greeley Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet.
Sears Real Estate has a long-standing relationship with the University of Northern Colorado and Bears Athletics.
On February 12th, we were the Game Day Sponsors for the UNC Women's Basketball game.
UNC Athletic Director Sherri Frye seen here with
Agent Shelley Ball-Paddock
While Weld County is not yet out of the woods as far as high foreclosure rates, things are certaintly looking up.
In 2010, we reported that Greeley had dropped off of RealtyTrac's Top 10 List of areas with the most foreclosures. Greeley has now dropped out of the top 20!
Our statistics show sales of bank-owned homes in Greeley is down only slightly from this time last year. This may indicate that these homes are still desirable and as fewer and fewer new foreclosures become available, these homes will be better absorbed in to the market.
Reducing the number of foreclosures actively on the market will help to level out inventory, which often tends to increase values.
In addition, the Greeley Tribune
recently published an article
talking about the dip in foreclosures
in Weld County. Click here to view
the Greeley Tribune article.
Sears Real Estate has a long-standing relationship with the University of Northern Colorado and Bears Athletics.
We proudly support UNC Athletics and all of the Student Athletes.
Sears Real Estate agent Dick Pierson receiving the
plaque for the 2011 Game Day Sponsorship on February 3rd.
Our communities and the people in them are the reasons we love where we live. Our spirit of giving back is a way to say thank you and a way to make our great communities even greater.
Sears Real Estate agents, staff and their families serve dinner at the Guadalupe Shelter in Greeley once a month. The meals are homemade by members of the Sears Real Estate family and served to those in need.
The facility is an emergency shelter that provides beds, shower facilities and meals to men, women and families. If you would like information on volunteering with the shelter, call 970-353-3720.
Serving Dinner January 31, 2011
Sears Agent Penny Rose, Jackson Rose, Mike Stewart, 
Sears Assistant Ann Stewart & Alexa Rose.
(Not pictured: Sears CEO Chalice Springfield &
Sears Relocation Director Kacie Vaughn)
