Boise Real Estate News Blog

Research results from Realtor.com have ranked Boise, Idaho 6th out of 146 markets most likely to see a housing turnaround in 2012.  Based on fourth quarter housing data of US Cities, Boise was the only city in the Rocky Mountain region to make the list. Phoenix, Arizona was also mentioned, with the other 8 of [...]

Positive News Has Been Bolded JULY 2011 Real Estate Statistics- Canyon County 1.  Sales are down 17% from last month.  Comparing this month to the same month last year there is a 25% increase.  Yes, that is correct. 2.  Pending sales are down 10% from last month.  10% higher than this same month last year. [...]

I’ve been out showing lots of homes to Treasure Valley home buyers, and they keep asking me the same question. Where are all the foreclosures? They find short sales on the market which don’t really interest them because of all the hassles and uncertainty that comes with purchasing a short sale. My buyers want to [...]

  The question of the day is…Do you think there are MORE or LESS homes on the market today as compared to last year at this time… Believe it or not there are 30% less homes on the market now then a year ago.  One third of the inventory of homes is just gone. In [...]

  I have two words for you:  Shadow Inventory Expect to hear the term Shadow Inventory a lot in 2011 in regards to the real estate market. It is referring to a back log of foreclosure properties being held by the bank that have not yet hit the market. According to research from CoreLogic, they [...]

POSITIVE MARKET NEWS IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN! 1.  Sales are UP 12% from last month, and 9% UP from this same month last year. 2.  Pending sales are UP 14% from last month, and are 12% down from a year ago [last year tax credit was about to expire]. 3.  Distressed sales were back up [...]

Welcome To Front Street Brokers! Give us a call for all your real estate needs. 208-740-5000 January 2011 Statistics are out.  See links below. Home Sales are way up over sales last year, and Pending Sales look good too.  Inventory is still far below 2007,2008,2009, and 2010 levels.  This historic low inventory will at some [...]