Good-bye Balloon Fiesta! Hello Parade of Homes!

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The thirty-sixth annual International Balloon Fiesta ended this morning with the last mass ascension of the season. Yesterday, the seventeenth annual Homes of Enchantment Parade began. The Parade will run for three week-ends ending October 28.

Parade of Homes Participants

In the Parade of Homes, members of the Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico open up their best, most recently constructed homes to the public, and vie for awards in three categories: gold, silver, and bronze. This year's winner's list include familiar and unfamiliar names: Charter Building and Development, Camelot Construction (remodeling), Black Diamond, Jenamar New Mexico, Homes by Marie, Homes by Joe Boyden, Koinonia, Rachel Matthew, Grande Homes, Tiffany Homes, CJ Mead, Bentley Custom Homes, Casa Bella Construction, Sun Mountain, Chamas Homes, Diego Handcrafted, Joseph, Ed Paschich.

Home Prices

The homes include relatively small townhouses, detached homes, and mansions. In size they go from 1,166 square feet to 5,200 square feet. Most are for sale ranging in price from $168,500 to $3.4 million.

Location and Types of Homes

The homes in the parade are spread across the greater Albuquerque region from Placitas to Los Lunas - Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Placitas, los Ranchos, Bernalillo, Corrales, the East Mountains, Bosque Farms, Peralta, Los Lunas, and they are of varying styles and designs. .The homes represent a medley of styles and designs - partially and all-green built, modern, contemporary, southwestern, colonial, Tuscan, and blends of some of the above.

The tour is free and open to the public. Visitors have opportunities to share their opinions on site at the homes they view.