Grounds for Optimism re. Boise Real Estate Investments Good investors tend to be cautious souls. For those who prior to 2007 had never ventured into the realm of Boise real estate investments, the ensuing downturn might have been enough to discourage any curiosity about that direction (even if th
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01/26/2015
FICO this, FICO that: Boise Home Loan Background Info When anyone is in the early stages of finding a Boise, Idaho house to buy, unless they are planning to pay for it with cash, a large part of what eventually happens will be determined by the home loan they secure. Both the size of the home loa
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01/23/2015
Help for Boise First Time Home Buyers: They’re Out There! As the end of 2014 approached, the National Association of Realtors® was able to come up with some general observations on the makeup of the current market—facts that anyone expecting to deal with Boise home buyers in the coming year shoul
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01/23/2015
A Boise, Idaho Short Sale Can be Anything but a Shortcut! The term “short sale” has been misleading people for decades. Despite the name, it’s a term applied to transactions that often involve a lengthier-than-usual sale process. A Boise “short sale” is named for the financial aspect of a sale ra
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01/22/2015
Nightline says Reality TV House Flipping isn’t Realistic ABC’s Nightline recently aired an interesting segment about house flipping, which included a magic number that’s probably never been seen before. Boise, Idaho house flippers would have been glued to their TVs if they’d stayed up late enoug
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01/22/2015
Action Plan for Pinpointing Ideal Boise, Idaho Neighborhoods There’s a lot you can change about a house. You can repaint it, renovate the interior, landscape the yard. The one thing you can’t change is its location—and there’s abundant truth in the familiar list with the three most important word
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01/08/2015
Calm, Communication Solve Boise Neighbor Misbehavior Finding the absolutely perfect home—then being able to afford—may be every Boise home seeker’s dream accomplishment, but absolute perfection in any realm usually remains exactly that: attainable in a dream, but nowhere else. In fact, online mor
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01/07/2015
Boise Mortgage Interest Rates Still Slumber…for Now! Our Boise’s mortgage interest rates have been so low for so long that there is the definite possibility that the real value they represent—for both Boise, Idaho home buyers and sellers—may now be being taken for granted. It’s only natural. If y
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01/05/2015
Tasty! Selling Your Deliberately Foodie-Friendly Boise, Idaho House “A kitchen can sell a house” is a proposition that often proves true—well-designed kitchens can drive value. Given the popularity of cooking shows, artisanal cuisine, and the growing number of new gizmos and gadgets concocted fo
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01/05/2015
Boise Housing Picture for 2015: the Knowns and Unknowns It does seem to be time for an in depth forecast about Boise’s housing outlook for 2015. The prediction game is going strong everywhere else this week, with print and online journalists and TV talking heads interviewing experts and each othe
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01/02/2015
