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 5670 Dorian St. Boise, Idaho 83705 Priced at $351,000  Excellent 4 Plex in Boise fully rented. Each unit has 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, approx. 959 sq.ft. Nice open living area with fireplace. Community pool, carports, covered patios and storage. Also 1 car garage included. Great central Boise location...
11/25/2009
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2800 N. Woody Dr. Priced at $177,900 2 Bedrooms, 1 bath, Approx. 1,268 sq. ft.  .29 acre lot   Excellent Home in the North End on a huge private lot. Shaded Backyard with Mature Trees and tons of perennials. Recent Updates : New SS Appliances, Granite Counters, Hardwood Floors, Architectural roof...
11/25/2009
406 W. Ada St, Priced at $234,900 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, approx. 1184 sq. ft. Great house in the North End on fantastic lot! This adorable house has original hardwood floors, lots of built-in cabinets, and a well-lit kitchen. Includes a single-car attached garage with a driveway and off-street parki...
11/25/2009
I have a new listing going into the MLS Wed, November 25th.  It is a great building lot on a quiet street in the north end.  Priced to move quickly at $79,900.  This is an excellent chance for you or your client to build your dream home.   Located on 27th St., between Heron and Hazel.  Drive by a...
11/24/2009
The mortgage insurance premium now for FHA is over $2000 upfront plus a monthly fee.  This should help their reserves for any mortgages that may default.  It used to be a lot lower upfront premium and with some many new buyers going FHA, It seems like they will be collecting quite a bit of upfron...
11/16/2009
After hearing of the new tax credit for people who have lived in their homes for at least 5 years.  I am hopeful that it will help get the homes priced in the $200-$300k range get sold faster and also help spur the market activity in the first time buyer range and the higher end homes based on a ...
11/16/2009
I have been helping several first time homebuyers bid on bank owned properties.  There have been several instances where our offer wouldn't even be presented unless we had the buyer get prequalified with the bank who owns the property.  This seems unfair, and can delay a buyer being able to have ...
11/15/2009
Since Sept I have noticed a lot of first time homebuyer activity in the price range below $150 in the Boise area.  I have had to write five offers for three of my buyers due to every house we bid on having 3-5 offers bidding on them as we were.  It almost feels like the 2005 year, where u had to ...
11/15/2009
Does any other agents feel like the market is slowly improving since last year.  I have sold more homes by June this year than all of 2008.  It definitely could be better than we are experiencinig but it does feel like were starting to see an improvement.  My local area of Boise, Idaho has some v...
09/21/2009
My last transaction, the bank held up our closing for an extra 2 weeks, basically for more documentation they could have asked for the prior 4 weeks.  In my opinion, something needs to be done to make banks who used the goverment money offered by the fed start lending more freely.  Instead the ba...
04/16/2008
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