real estate

Boise Real Estate Stats: Sales Down, Values Up

August 26, 2010

Boise Real Estate Stats weren’t the highlight of the big news yesterday that,” real estate sales were down nationally by 27%”.  For some reason,  people are surprised.  The Tax Credit incentive did nothing more than expedite sales that would have most likely occurred anyhow sometime later in 2010 or early 2011.  A surprise not much different than getting [...]

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Boise Real Estate: Pending Home Sales Fall

June 13, 2010

The Boise Real Estate Market saw pending home sales fall 30.64% in May, just after the deadline of the Home Buyer Tax Credit. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone paying attention, even Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors, said, “In the months immediately following the expiration of the tax [...]

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Renting out a property? Do yourself a favor, hire a property manager

May 5, 2010

Paying a property manager to take a slice of your pie might seem excessive.  After all, a property manager just finds renters and collects rents right?  Wrong.  If you’ve owned a rental property for quite some time, you’ll know that a property managers fee is a small bit of insurance when the going gets rough…and [...]

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The Home Buyer Tax Credit: Who Qualifies

March 2, 2010

The Home Buyer Tax-Credit is getting more popular as we approach the Tax-Credit Deadline.  As that deadline draws near, many home buyers are wondering who qualifies to get the tax credit.  One common misunderstanding is that you have to be a first time home buyer…truth is, you don’t have to be a first time home [...]

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