Cherise Selley's (cheriseselley) Blog

Part of what we do as part of our Colorado Spring Real Estate business is that we help to give financially and prayerfully to various ministries. Cherise and I firmly believe that part of the success of our business (voluntary and consistent with our beliefs) is due to philanthropic and charitab...

  Undoubtedly there is an audience of Realtors® who will certainly relate to this particular blog post.  At first, I was going to make this a “Members Only” post, but after careful consideration, I decided to send out this message to the entire blogosphere because of its content. I did so becaus...

  Cherise and I have had the distinct pleasure and look forward to working with Scott and Susan Evans, owners of Outreach, Inc., regarding the relocation of their for-profit Christian marketing firm from San Diego, California to Colorado Springs, Colorado later this year into the summer of 2012....

In the Sunday edition (January 9, 2011) of our local newspaper, The Gazette, there was an article written by Linda Navarro in The Gazette’s Movers & Shakers column about Peak Producers. Peak Producers is an organization of Colorado Springs Realtors that was formed by Bill McAfee, president of Em...

The Obama Administration’s attempt to modify or to refinance mortgages through the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA) has been a conundrum this past year, to say the least. Nonetheless, according to Jeremy Brandt, Founder and CEO of FastHomeOffer.com, the Treasury Department...

As Broker/Owner of Selley Group Real Estate, LLC, I feel very fortunate to have some highly qualified and enthusiastic Colorado Springs Realtors affiliated at our brokerage. From what I consider to be one of the most in-depth and insightful pieces about our local real estate market, please feel ...

The year-end numbers are out for 2010, regarding the listing and sales summary for Colorado Springs Real Estate.  Instead of putting up an Excel spreadsheet with tons of figures, I’m going to give a few bullet points regarding single family/patio homes worth your attention. The cumulative year-t...

Below are some remarkable statistics about Northgate neighborhoods regarding Single Family/Patio Homes: Median Sales Price: 330,000 Average Sales Price: 373,999 Median List Price: 344,900 Sale Price to List Price %: 96.6 Currently, the average Days on the Market is 113.  The Northgate neighborho...

Below are some remarkable statistics about Northwest neighborhoods regarding Single Family/Patio Homes: Median Sales Price: 295,000 Average Sales Price: 321,199 Median List Price: 305,000 Sale Price to List Price %: 96.7 Currently, the average Days on the Market is 84.  The Northwest neighborhoo...

Below are some remarkable statistics about Briargate neighborhoods regarding Single Family/Patio Homes: Median Sales Price: 275,000 Average Sales Price: 295,023 Median List Price: 279,995 Sale Price to List Price %: 98.1 Currently, the average Days on the Market is 88.  The Briargate neighborhoo...