Front entrance to a Santa Fe home with a blue gate and stonewall

So you want to list your Santa Fe house for sale, but you need to follow statewide practices to protect yourself and others from COVID-19. What can you do to get your house ready to list when New Mexicans are advised to stay home as much as possible?


Plenty!


First of all, we’re doing everything we can to help all our buyers and sellers while following social distancing and wearing masks. More than ever, our agents are getting creative with open houses streamed via live video and video-recorded agent walkthroughs.


Second, you can prep your home for sale without leaving your house or at least with minimal trips to the hardware store. Our top 10 home prep tips resonate whether buyers are viewing…

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Arthur Kleinman and his wife sitting on a park bench

At Barker Realty, we believe how you shelter in place and where you shelter in place can make a big difference for your mental health. Dr. Arthur Kleinman writes in the Wall Street Journal that with a little effort we can transform our home alone time into a chain of life-enhancing rituals that allow us to find and create joy:


“These harrowing times are taking an emotional toll, even on those of us lucky enough to be hunkering down in our own homes. Our new reality—disrupted lives, fears of infection, worries about loved ones, the loneliness that can come with prolonged isolation—brings to the surface disorganizing feelings, from panic to despair, that a busy life might keep at bay. But there are ways…

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Santa Fe County Residential Market Report / Second Quarter 2020

We certainly have never been through such a challenging and uncertain time as we are experiencing socially, economically, and politically both locally and worldwide. We are sensitive to the pain we are witnessing and remain steadfast in our belief that we will get through the pandemic while our economy goes through its major shifts and begins to slowly recover. New Mexico continues to do a good job containing the fallout. Santa Fe residential real estate is again proving to be strong, reliable, and safe. We continue to find many opportunities in our market for buyers and sellers alike as we carefully navigate through this.

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