Boise, Idaho Real Estate News and Information

Well Boise, Idaho we have arrived.  Matt Damon showed up today to premier the Bourne Ultimatum to raise money for charity.  Watching the interviews, I think we owe him a thank you.  He had nothing but good things to say about the area and was appreciative of the warm reception he was given on his...

Here are the market statistics for Canyon County in week two of July. Here is Canyon County Week July Week 3: You can see increased activity across the board.  Some big jumps in the number of properties being sold.  It isn't the end of a buyers market but it does show what we are seeing as a grow...

I had this come up a second time at an open house today.  It seems consumers are not quite sure what exactly buyer representation is.  A very nice family came through from out of the area looking at homes.  In conversation with the father, he mentioned that he had a friend of a friend in real est...

Weekly numbers for Ada County Idaho: July Week # 3 Here is what it looks like in Ada county for the 3rd week in July.  This includes Boise, Eagle, Meridian, and Star and Kuna.  Sales increased over the weeks and days on market has been reduced some.  We still have healthy levels of inventory and ...

New home construction woes continue.  The big players in the market announced massive 3rd quarter losses today.  Mounting inventory pressure and extremely competitive markets continue to put the pressure on builders.  According to the Commerce Department it's taking new homes on average 6 months ...

I know many people fee threatened by an agent.  I get the same feeling when approached by a sales person and I've been doing sales for years.  You start out on the defensive.  Usually when asked if you can be helped your answer is "nope just looking."  Then when you decide you are ready to ask a ...

If you're taking this approach, you may find yourself left behind.  If interest rates continue to trend up, and pricing remains on the rise, many would be buyers are going to find themselves without the means to purchase a home.  Pricing you ask?  How can it continue to climb?  Well, there hasn't...

"Winners forget they're in a race; they just love to run"a quote from Joe Pesci in the movie With Honors.  I love that line.  It reminds me every time I'm feeling beat up, wore down, and some days like the game called real estate might have bested me, to get up and get moving.It's not that hard, ...

Although the average days on the Market in Idaho has come down over the last couple weeks, some sellers are still wondering where all the buyers are at.  Well apparently they all drove up Garden Valley to purchase lots to build cabins on.  According to reports, the first phase of the development ...

I took a Hobbs Herder seminar a while back.  I ended up contracting with them to do my marketing materials.  No one in my area is doing anything like it that I have seen.  I have talked with two other agents out of my office who used them and received varying feed back.  One paid to have them des...