About Time Taos Gets A Wind Farm

Or maybe not.  It seems that timing for recording of winds to assess the feasibility of a wind form west of the Rio Grande Gorge is a problem.  We’re going into our low wind season, and there doesn’t seem to be enough data to justify the wind farm.
In an article titled Can it be? A [...]

Town of Taos News Brief #54, June 30, 2008

1) Town/County Joint meeting postponed from this week to 9 a.m., July 23rd, Town Council Chambers on Civic Plaza Dr.  Rescheduling completed at County’s request.  Agenda to come.
2) Planning and Zoning Meeting 6:30 p.m., this Wed., July 2nd, Council Chambers.  Agenda attached.
3) Town of Taos Special Meeting/Briefing Meeting, 1 p.m., Tues., tomorrow, July 1st, Council [...]

Are We Talking About a Wine or a Whine?

I always like to get a news release or RSS feed item about a Taos mention in the national media, or someone’s blog.  It was no exception in reading the post by The Wine Curmdgeon about a wine competition in Taos.  And we Taosenos do appreciate the complement about the quality of the wines in [...]

FW: OPENING PARTY FOR KIMBERLY WEBBER’S NEW PAINTINGS IN TAOS, NM!!!

Please join us for the opening reception of “The Sight”, new oil paintings
by Taos artist Kimberly Webber. The opening will be held at Old World Fine
Art Gallery, 133 Kit Carson Road, Taos, New Mexico, 87571, USA, on Saturday,
August 2nd from 5 to 8 p.m. The new works can be viewed at
www.oldworldfineartgallery.com by clicking on Kimberly [...]

Reminding the Government That a Lot of Things Flow Downhill

photo credit: cianc
photo credit: Sirkullay
The Associated Press released an article by Deborah Baker yesterday titled Plutonium pit plan for N.M. lab faces opposition. The production of plutonium pits at Los Alamos is the subject, and there is of course opposition to the expansion of the program.
Citizens groups monitoring the environment in the area [...]

Careful! - Big Brother is Watching Your Remedies

Here’s a quote from a website about the use of castor oil as a home remedy:  “Castor oil has a long history of traditional medical use dating back to ancient Egypt.” Though this quote, nor this website, appear to be [...]

Walking the Talk in Taos Real Estate

If you’ve listed a home for sale in the Taos real estate market or anywhere else, it’s likely that the sign placed in the yard did a very good job of advertising the listing brokerage or their franchise logo.
There really is nothing there about your home.  There may even be what is called a “sign [...]

Current Taos Real Estate & NM Mortgage Rates

Best mortgage rates for June 26, 2008 in New Mexico

CONFORMING

Rate

APR

Margin

15-Year Fixed

5.875

6.279

N/A

30-Year Fixed

6.250

6.533

N/A

5/1 ARM

5.625

5.943

2.25

Conforming rates based on a $200,000 loan amount with a property value of $300,000.Single family residence located in New Mexico to be used as a primary home. Assumes the borrower will document income and pay points less than 2%. Interest rates shown are [...]

Taos Real Estate Property Taxes

This is not meant to be an accurate Taos real estate property tax calculation for any particular property, so use it only as an estimation tool.  There are somewhat differing rates for areas, but a reasonable estimate can be made using the calculation here.
As the purchase price of Taos real estate is reported to the [...]

Radon and Taos Real Estate

As Taos is in a Zone 1 radon area according to the EPA, it is something that might concern some buyers of Taos real estate.  Of course, if you’re building, the incorporation of passive radon abatement is really not very expensive at all, and you should discuss it with your builder or architect very early [...]