Bill's Boise Real Estate Blog

One of the things I find fascinating about the Treasure Valley area around Boise is the way this high desert area has been "claimed" back from the sagebrush and made wonderfully capable for supporting everything from farms to subdivisions.  Of course the Boise River and its watershed make that p...

Earlier this week the Census Bureau released new figures for population growth in U.S. counties.  It has previously released figures that show that Arizona, Nevada, and Idaho were the three fastest growing states by percentage increase in the United States between mid 2005 and mid 2006 (3.6, 3.5...

  This is Russell Shaw on the Bloodhound Blog the other day:Using the median sales prices of an area (which almost all economists and others doing sales data analysis seem to want to do) may be quite useful in determining which city has the best (or worst) affordability. Median sales prices have ...

Tuesday was one of those Idaho days when the sun comes out and pretends it is Spring.  It was our first day with a temperature in the 60's since November.  It was one of those days for calling your best friend up and playing hookie together, which is exactly what my wife and I chose to do.  Some ...

Do you like to drive through the North End and watch the seasonal changes in some of the classic old home neighborhoods?  Don't you just love driving Harrison Boulevard in the fall when the leaves are changing?  Have you ever wondered what is inside those big old homes over on Harrison Boulevard...

Single family home sales in Ada County rose to 549 units in February over January's 503 units.  Median listing price was $229,000 while median sold price was $223,735.  At the moment there are 3681 active single family listings.  That is a further improvement from January's inventory level of jus...