Market Context Why Isn’t My Santa Fe Home Selling? How to Evaluate Price, Presentation, and Timing When your home is on the market and nothing is happening, the uncertainty can become more frustrating than the wait. Is the price wrong? Are the photographs doing it justice? Has the season changed—or has the right buyer simply not arrived? A home that hasn’t sold needs a diagnosis before it needs a price reduction. […]
Santa Fe Highlights Santa Fe in Winter: A Local Guide to Skiing, Staying, and Spending Time in Town We don’t mean to skip right past autumn with this post, as it is a lovely time of year in Santa Fe, and after a couple of weeks of rain, the weather has been absolutely perfect the past week. But it’s planning time for those thinking about visiting us this winter, so please forgive the […]
Buyer Intelligence Buying a Home in Santa Fe: Why Light and Orientation Matter A room can feel very different at nine in the morning than it does at four in the afternoon. The windows haven’t changed. Neither have the finishes or the floor plan. But the light has—and with it, the experience of being in that space. In Santa Fe, where views and outdoor living often draw our […]
Market Context Santa Fe’s Housing Market Is Balanced—But Not at Every Price Point If you are thinking about selling a home in Santa Fe, you may have heard conflicting descriptions of the market. Some indicators suggest balance. Others suggest buyers are firmly in control. Both can be true. The Santa Fe County residential market overall was neutral in August 2026, with 4.6 months of inventory. But among homes […]
Buyer Intelligence Two Santa Fe Homes Can Look Similar on Paper. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Comparable. Three bedrooms. Two bathrooms. About 2,000 square feet. Similar asking prices. On a listing portal, two Santa Fe homes can look remarkably comparable. In person, they may have almost nothing in common. That is one of the challenges—and one of the interesting parts—of buying real estate in Santa Fe. Our housing stock spans different eras, […]
Santa Fe Highlights From Seed to State Symbol: The History of Chile in New Mexico In late summer and early fall, there are few surer signs of the season in New Mexico than the smell of green chile roasting. You find it outside grocery stores, at farmers markets, along roadsides and drifting through neighborhoods as people bring home sacks of freshly harvested chile. That aroma is so closely associated with […]
Santa Fe Highlights Fiesta de Santa Fe: Santa Fe’s Oldest Celebration Every September, the center of Santa Fe changes gears for Fiesta de Santa Fe, with music, food, markets, religious observances, parades and generations of local tradition converging around the Plaza. Dating to 1712, Fiesta is one of the oldest community celebrations in the country—and while some of its history is complicated, it remains an important […]
Santa Fe Highlights Meet Zozobra: The Story Behind Santa Fe’s Old Man Gloom Every city has its traditions. Santa Fe has one where tens of thousands of people gather in a field and yell “BURN HIM!” at a 50-foot-tall groaning marionette. Welcome to Zozobra. If you’re new to Santa Fe—or visiting over Labor Day weekend—the Burning of Zozobra can require a little explaining. Old Man Gloom, as he’s […]
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Buyer Intelligence Your Santa Fe Address Might Not Be in Santa Fe If you’re considering a move to Santa Fe, one of the first distinctions worth understanding is one that isn’t always obvious on a real estate listing: A Santa Fe address doesn’t necessarily mean a home is in the City of Santa Fe. Drive ten or fifteen minutes from the Plaza and you can move between […]
FORM Perspectives What Does It Actually Feel Like to Live in Santa Fe? Thinking about moving to Santa Fe? A transplant's perspective on everyday life here, from the weather, landscape and neighborhoods to culture, food and the outdoors.
Santa Fe Highlights 2026 Haciendas Parade of Homes: A Look Back at This Year’s Winners Another Haciendas: A Parade of Homes is in the books, and after spending a good portion of the past two weekends hosting at one of this year’s entries, we got to experience the Parade a little differently this time around. The annual Santa Fe Parade of Homes is one of our favorite opportunities to see […]
FORM Perspectives Can the Same Real Estate Broker Work With the Buyer and Seller in New Mexico? It’s a question I get fairly often, usually when I’m listing a property and meet a buyer who isn’t already working with another broker: “Can you work with us, too?” In New Mexico, the answer is yes. The same transaction broker can provide real estate services to both the buyer and seller in the same […]
FORM Perspectives Brokers and Agents and REALTOR®s Oh My! If you’re buying or selling a home in Santa Fe, there’s a good chance you’ll hear the words agent, broker, transaction broker, and REALTOR® used more or less interchangeably. They’re not interchangeable. I have this conversation with clients fairly often, and I don’t blame anyone for being confused. Real estate has its own vocabulary, and […]
Architecture & Art What Is an Adobe Home? Understanding Adobe Construction in Santa Fe For many people relocating to Santa Fe, the city’s architecture is unlike anything they’ve seen before. Rounded walls, deeply recessed windows, hand-carved wood beams, and earthy colors create a landscape that feels timeless. But these distinctive homes aren’t simply a design style—they’re the product of centuries of history, climate, and craftsmanship. Whether you’re beginning your […]
Architecture & Art Trey Jordan and the Making of “Santa Fe Modern” In Santa Fe, “modern architecture” is rarely a single idea. It’s a living discussion about proportion and texture, about how new construction should speak (or not speak) to the historic fabric around it, and about what “harmony” is supposed to mean when a city is both deeply traditional and unmistakably contemporary. That tension—creative momentum on […]
Seller Perspective Preparing Your Home for Listing Photos: A 20-Step Pre-Shoot Checklist Great listing photos don’t happen by accident. They’re the result of thoughtful preparation that helps buyers focus on what matters most: your home’s architecture, natural light, and connection to the landscape. In Santa Fe, photography plays an even bigger role than it does in many markets. Buyers are often evaluating homes from out of state, […]
Buyer Intelligence The Santa Fe Home Inspection Guide: What Desert Climate Homes Need (That Other Markets Don’t) When you’re buying or selling a home in Santa Fe, you’ll get an inspection report that looks like every other inspection report in the country. Standard sections on roofing, foundation, HVAC, plumbing. But if you read that report the way you’d read an inspection for a home in Denver, Los Angeles, or Phoenix, you’ll likely […]
Santa Fe Highlights Things to do in Santa Fe: Art Santa Fe 2026 This weekend, Santa Fe does what it does better than almost anywhere else in the country — it puts art front and center. Art Santa Fe returns July 9–11, presented by the Redwood Art Group, and it’s the city’s only contemporary fine art fair of its kind. We’re talking 85+ galleries and emerging artists under […]
FORM Perspectives Santa Fe Tops New Luxury Housing Market Ranking as Wealthy Buyers Prioritize Laid-Back Lifestyle From the Wall St. Journal, by way of Realtor.com comes the news that Santa Fe is now the most in-demand luxury housing market in the U.S. — no surprise to those of us who live here, and particularly for those of us who sell real estate. Santa Fe, NM, America’s oldest state capital and a […]
Buyer Intelligence What Out-of-State Buyers Almost Always Get Wrong About Santa Fe Real Estate If you’re thinking about buying a home in Santa Fe, you’re not alone — and you’re probably already in love with the idea. Santa Fe has a way of making people feel certain they understand it after a long weekend. The light hits differently at 7,000 feet. The architecture feels unlike anywhere else in the […]