Dale Alverson, Boise Idaho Real Estate

Hi everyone! I just received a questionnaire from  Steve McLinden @ Bankrate.com The following are my responses to his questions about how the Real Estate Market went from Maximum acceleration to backwards and the cause and effect - Q. Hi.I am a real estate journalist with Bankrate.com and am wor...

Boise IdahoWell it has happened hasn't it. - If you are a first time home buyer you have missed the bottom. I have tried to explain in several blogs and emails about taking advantage of the market conditions while the market was cold and the interest rate was hot. Now with a 1/2% interest rate hi...

Question + email + Real Town + response + phone call = answer. Answer + phone call = $$$$ for Buyers $$$$ for sellers $$$$$ for agents = Hero !! Here is what happened; Early this year when the Stimulus Bill first came out, I was irritated that there was no way for 90% of 1st time home owners to t...

Free Money - Is there really such a thing? Well the answer is YES! - if you are a 1st time home owner or have not owned in 3 years. I hear you - your thinking well it's not free if you have to do something to get it right? Technically your right of course but let's look at this in real life terms...

One word - NOW! - last Friday, Jack Koskinen, interim chief executive of Freddie Mac, said that home loan rates are near the bottom and that any further decreases will be small- We all want the last drop - the lowest price - the best time - but few will take advantage of that precise moment - bec...

THE CON"S: Today's blog could also be called "the Calm before the Storm"With the multi Trillion Dollar Stimulus - Rescue - Save the world - fix everything while we have the money plan put into effect by the Obama-Nation Administration including both Republicans & Democrats we have before us, the ...

Santa Coming in Spring?..... Well it sure looks that way - Yesterdays unprecedented close to the Bond Market signals an unheard of break through to a very tough layer of resistance closing 138 basis points higher. Yesterday's result of the Federal reserve's commitment of $1.25 Trillion Dollars to...

Today's Blog came about from a referral from my wife/partner (Debbie Sargent Coe). Debbie avails her self to Open Houses on most week-ends ... and always... seems to come back with new people - suspects & prospects for Representation for either seller's or buyer's or both! What makes Debbie so Sp...

Hello everyone!   This month I thought I might try sending an email rather than a newsletter.   As many of you know by now -Team Boise is now at 43 Degrees North Real Estate.   Recently I have written several blogs regarding: Current Boise Market Conditions - Buying Short Sales v/s Foreclosures -...

Comment from a client: Sorry for not getting back with you, we have been kind of watching the market and continue to see prices drop. We have decided just to wait. I am just thankful that I have a nice house with equity. We will keep you posted if things start to improve with time.Thanks for your...