Boise, Idaho Real Estate News and Information

Week four for August stats are in.  Boise and Meridian seem to be where all the sales are taking place, however they are carrying double and triple the inventory of Eagle, Star, and Meridian.  Staying competitive in this market place is more important that ever.  Market updates on where your home...

Well I'm on the fence.  Unfortunately there are lenders int the industry who have no business being involved in what is most likely the largest financial transaction of someones life.  There were lenders selling people into suicide loans with or without promises of a refinance down the road, some...

Sorry it has to be done.  The boys in blue and orange did it again yesterday on the smurf turf, nearly shutting out Weaver State for their 14th win in a row.  A great start to what all Boise State University fans are hoping will be another perfect season.  There's a lesson to be learned here.  St...

I'm curious why agents feel the need to cancel and re-list properties in the MLS to mask the history of the property.  I know it makes it pop up again as a new listing for consumers to see.  Although if my clients are looking at a house the first thing I'm going to do is check the history.Maybe i...

The national media whipping boy for the last two years or so has been the real estate market.  Many Boise area locals I talk to are actually have been mislead by national statistics.  Nation wide prices are still barely above positive in a report by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversi...

The Treasure Valley Market has been somewhat of an anomaly lately.  It's left sellers with their heads spinning.  And Buyers, well I think at times all of us are wondering where they are.  The market was described most accurately to me by a broker who said "80% of our market is overpriced, the ot...

I was talking with an acquaintance the other day whom I hadn't heard from in a while.  I remembered him mentioning the last time I talked to him that he was doing some real estate investing on the side to make extra cash.  Out of natural curiosity I asked what he was investing in.  He told me how...