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Buying Pre Foreclosures

Pre foreclosures are known as properties that have reached the final stages before they get repossessed or taken back by the lender or bank. The owner is still in complete control of the property or home, although the bank or lender will repossess the home if the owner doesn’t attempt to rectify the situation. [...]

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Thu, April 22 2010 » Real Estate » No Comments

The Truth About Rent To Own

Most of us are very familiar with the term “rent to own”. Places such as Prime Time and Rent A Center have built an empire with rent to own merchandise, although the buyer normally ends up paying double what the merchandise is actually worth. While this may be great for those who have [...]

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Thu, April 15 2010 » Real Estate » No Comments

March 2010 Boise Home Sales

March exhibited a nice increase in home sales nearly totalling 300 home sales for the month.
North Boise Home Sales – 34
Northeast Boise Home Sales – 14
Southeast Boise Home Sales – 37
Boise Bench Home Sales – 30
South Boise Home Sales – 15
Southwest Boise Home Sales – 52
West Boise Home Sales – 22
West Boise/Garden City Home Sales – [...]

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Thu, April 8 2010 » Real Estate » No Comments

Boise February Home Sales 2010

100 North Boise Real Estate – 13 homes sold
200 Northeast Boise Real Estate – 6 homes sold
300 Southeast Boise Real Estate - 43 homes sold
400 Boise Bench Real Estate – 15 homes sold
500 South Boise Real Estate - 11 homes sold
550 Southwest Boise Real Estate - 26 homes sold
600 West Boise Real Estate – 12 homes sold
650 West [...]

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Sun, March 7 2010 » Real Estate » No Comments

January 2010 Boise Home Sale Statistics

100 North Boise Real Estate – 14 homes sold
200 Northeast Boise Real Estate – 6 homes sold
300 Southeast Boise Real Estate – 13 homes sold
400 Boise Bench Real Estate – 13 homes sold
500 South Boise Real Estate – 6 homes sold
550 Southwest Boise Real Estate – 39 homes sold
600 West Boise Real Estate – 10 [...]

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Sun, February 7 2010 » Real Estate » No Comments

Buyers and a Open House

When buyers are on the search for their dream home they may spend several weekends looking at open houses.  Typically, they aren’t with their real estate agent and rely on their own witts and the help of a real estate professional they are unfamiliar with. This is okay however you need to be careful and [...]

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Tue, February 2 2010 » Real Estate » No Comments

December 2009 Home Sales Statistics

Wrapping up the year home sales in December weren’t too bad.  Even though the Boise real estate market still has much to improve with 2010 not looking much better according to the experts we still have hope that things will get better.
Total home sales for Boise accounting for MLS area 100 – 800 totalled 186 [...]

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Fri, January 8 2010 » Real Estate » No Comments

November 2009 Home Sales Statistics

MLS Area      # Sold      Avg Price       DOM
100                 26           304254         71
200                 12           321629         65
300                 31           216509         65
400                29           130729          58
500                18           182283          84
550                60           157194          81
600                21           138927          67
650                42           170415          96
700                 1            120000          42
800               32            214910         106

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Mon, December 7 2009 » Real Estate » No Comments

What Real Estate Agents Bring to the Table

When buying and selling a home there is always the question of obtaining the services of a Boise real estate agent. Buyers are worried about getting into a contract or being tied down to one specific agent possibly slowing down the home buying process in cases where they attend an open house on Sunday [...]

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Wed, November 4 2009 » Real Estate » No Comments

Saving Money at Home

Whenever the economy tightens up a bit or gas prices soar people begin to re-evaluate ways to save money. Maybe it is driving less or cutting back on dining out but did you know that there is money to be saved at home?
Many homes were built and being built that doesn’t take into account [...]

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Mon, November 2 2009 » Real Estate » No Comments