Ricky Allen & Tara Earley Real Estate Group

Ricky Allen & Tara Earley Real Estate Group Ricky Allen & Tara Earley Real Estate Group are a top-performing team at Sotheby's in Santa Fe, N.M.

Top Real Estate Group at Sotheby's International Realty in Santa Fe

The garden is where we meet Nature halfway. At 7,000 feet, Santa Fe puts you that much closer.Gardening at altitude is i...
09/05/2026

The garden is where we meet Nature halfway. At 7,000 feet, Santa Fe puts you that much closer.

Gardening at altitude is its own education — a shorter season, sharper light, soil that asks for patience. But there's a payoff in it too: a kind of attentiveness that comes from working with, rather than against, the place you live.

It's no accident that so many homes here are built around a courtyard, a portal, or a low garden wall. The architecture has always assumed you'd want to be outside as much as in.

Let's talk about homes designed around the outdoors.

Ricky Allen
505.470.8233

Tara Earley
505.660.1734

When multiple properties in a neighborhood sit for months, that's a pricing problem for the area. When homes with certai...
09/04/2026

When multiple properties in a neighborhood sit for months, that's a pricing problem for the area. When homes with certain features sell fast while others languish, that tells us what buyers actually want versus what sellers think they want.

We analyze this data constantly—not just for our listings, but across the entire market. That pattern recognition informs our pricing strategy, our renovation advice, and our guidance on what upgrades actually return value.

Generic real estate knowledge is easy to access. Market-specific intelligence built from tracking hundreds of transactions over years—that's what you're actually paying for.

Want pricing and strategy informed by real market data? Let's build your plan on evidence, not assumptions.

Ricky Allen
505.470.8233

Tara Earley
505.660.1734

09/04/2026

Meet Russell Scharf, the newest member to The Ricky Allen & Tara Earley Group!

As a born-and-raised Santa Fean, father and husband, he brings a wealth of knowledge of the area and technical expertise as a former Roof Inspector and Project Manager. You may recognize Russell from Michelin-recommended and he's providing that same customer service and care to his role as Associate Broker and Showing Broker with our team. And he is a professional musician! Welcome Russell!

Meet Melanie! A proud Santa Fe native with deep roots in the community, Melanie's passion for real estate began during h...
09/03/2026

Meet Melanie!

A proud Santa Fe native with deep roots in the community, Melanie's passion for real estate began during her own journey of upsizing her home. What started as personal research quickly grew into a lasting interest—and after finding her dream home with Ricky's guidance, she knew exactly which team she wanted to join.

Over the years, Melanie has become an integral part of the team, contributing in a variety of roles including broker support, showing agent, transaction coordinator, marketing assistant, and operations manager. Today, she's a licensed real estate broker and specializes as a listing coordinator, where she helps sellers and the team ensure every property is expertly prepared to showcase at its very best.

Outside of work, Melanie devotes her time and energy to her three children—proudly considering being a mother her "main goal in life." In her free time, she enjoys the gym, yoga, DIY projects, and music. ✨

Ricky Allen
505.470.8233

Tara Earley
505.660.1734

WHY BUILD?In Santa Fe, the land can be just as extraordinary as the home you build on it.Buying land offers the opportun...
09/03/2026

WHY BUILD?

In Santa Fe, the land can be just as extraordinary as the home you build on it.

Buying land offers the opportunity to prioritize what matters most: sweeping views, privacy, acreage, location, and a connection to the landscape, then create a home that brings it all together. If you're interested in land, check out 28 Plaza de Centro. The property is within the gated Plaza del Centro neighborhood of Las Campanas in the Estancias with direct Jemez Mountain views. Privacy, 24/7 security and EMT services. Gently sloped, large developable area. Utilities are to the lot, including water, electric, natural gas, sewer and high speed internet.

Your vision. Your land. Your legacy.

"Wait until spring" might be the most repeated real estate advice there is. It's also the most misunderstood.Spring gets...
09/02/2026

"Wait until spring" might be the most repeated real estate advice there is. It's also the most misunderstood.

Spring gets the attention—more listings, more activity, more noise. What it also brings is more competition, often for the same home, which is rarely the buyer's friend.

Fall is quieter, and quieter works in your favor. The people still shopping in September aren't browsing; they have a reason and a timeline. So do the sellers still on the market, which makes for more grounded conversations on both sides. The frenzy has thinned, and what's left is room to think.

It isn't a consolation-prize season. For the right buyer in Santa Fe, it's often the clearest window of the whole year—fewer competing offers, more negotiating room, sellers who are genuinely ready.

If you've been waiting for the right moment, this may quietly be it. Let's look at what's actually available right now.

Ricky Allen
505.470.8233

Tara Earley
505.660.1734

The remote workers moving here keep telling us the same thing: the spare bedroom stopped being enough.A door that closes...
09/01/2026

The remote workers moving here keep telling us the same thing: the spare bedroom stopped being enough.

A door that closes, light that isn't a screen, and quiet that holds through the afternoon—when your income depends on focused work, those stop being nice-to-haves. A converted bedroom gets you through a year. It rarely gets you through five.

This is one place Santa Fe quietly has an edge. So many homes here come with a casita or a detached studio, and they make near-perfect offices: full separation from the household, a private entrance for clients, and the kind of stillness that deep work actually requires.

We've watched it shift what buyers prioritize. The casita used to be a guest space or a rental thought. Now it's often the first room a working buyer wants to see.

If a real workspace is non-negotiable for you, let's find a home built to hold one.

Ricky Allen
505.470.8233

Tara Earley
505.660.1734

08/31/2026

Denzler Cassidy shares one of the many ways our team makes the process smooth and steady for our clients. Preparation by the Ricky Allen and Tara Earley team begins long before you arrive for your private showing.

You'll know it's nearly fall in Santa Fe before you see a calendar. You'll smell it first.Late August is when the roasti...
08/31/2026

You'll know it's nearly fall in Santa Fe before you see a calendar. You'll smell it first.

Late August is when the roasting drums appear in the parking lots and the smell of charred green chile takes over the whole city. It's our favorite sign the season is turning.

There's a rhythm to it. Locals buy chile by the sack—twenty, thirty, forty pounds—roast it fresh, and freeze it in portions to carry through winter. Weekends get planned around it. The debates are real: where to buy, how hot this year's crop runs, whose roasting technique wins.

For people new to town, that first season is a small education. You learn what "Christmas" means on a menu, you discover green chile belongs on nearly everything, and you understand it was never a condiment—it's a cornerstone.

These are the traditions you don't read your way into. You live your way in. When you're ready to call this home, we're here.

Ricky Allen
505.470.8233

Tara Earley
505.660.1734

The Greater Roadrunner is revered for its speed and its nerve — a fitting mascot for a city full of people who slowed do...
08/30/2026

The Greater Roadrunner is revered for its speed and its nerve — a fitting mascot for a city full of people who slowed down their calendars, not their lives.

We meet a lot of people who are ready to leave behind commutes and calendars, but not ready to leave behind momentum. That's a very Santa Fe kind of retirement. Morning hikes instead of morning meetings. Gallery openings instead of quarterly reviews.

A reminder that retiring to Santa Fe doesn't mean slowing down — it usually means redirecting the same energy toward things that were always waiting for more of your attention.

Let's talk about what your next chapter could look like.

Ricky Allen
505.470.8233

Tara Earley
505.660.1734

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231 Washington Avenue
Santa Fe, NM
87501

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