Albuquerque featured on cable network New Mexico Business Weekly - 1:12 PM MDT Monday The city of Albuquerque will be featured on the cable television network Home & Garden Television , better known as HGTV. On April 26 and 27, the Duke City will be among six markets around the country to be included in the weekly show "What You Get for the Money." The episode will compare what kind of house buyers can purchase for $200,000 in areas including Belleville, Ill.; Chelsea, Mass.; Birmingham, Ala.; Gainesville, Fla.; and Baltimore, Md. "HGTV continues the 2006 trend for spotlighting the historic lofts, a unique urban residential development in the heart of EDo [east Downtown]," says a news release issued by EDo Spaces , referring to the Lofts at Albuquerque High project, which is listed by the brokerage firm. Rob Dickson, the qualifying broker of EDo Spaces and the developer of the residential project where the original Albuquerque High was located, will be one of s...

Just had a wonderful chat with Margaret Rome of Baltimore - on her radio program All About Real Estate a radio program channel 680am www.wcbm.com I love talking to her as a fellow Cyberstar® and fellow real estate broker - she always has the greatest ideas and a zest for the business. You can find her site at www.HomeRome.com Great talking to you today Margaret!

Wanted: Retailers for Rio Rancho residents By Abby Roedel New Mexico Business Weekly Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET April 9, 2006 It's hard to believe that a town with a population of more than 70,000 people still does not have a Starbucks -- but you only have to look to Rio Rancho to find such a place. What's more, there is no furniture store, no men's or women's clothing store, not even an electronics store. To put it mildly, the community northwest of Albuquerque needs retail to support all of those new residential rooftops. Because of the dearth of shops doing business there, Rio Rancho has the lowest per-capita gross receipts tax base of any city in New Mexico with a population of 5,000 or more, says Jim Palenick, Rio Rancho's city manager. That statistic is particularly striking, considering that Rio Rancho's average household income of about $66,000 per year is one of the highest in the state. "Rio Rancho is bringing great wealth to other communities in the s...