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Short sales could be changing – Meet HAFA

Posted by Jace

May 11, 2010

Traditionally, for a lender to consider a short sale, the seller has had to first secure an offer before finding out what the lien holder(s) would approve for a sales price. This way of handling short sales has been extremely inefficient…[click title to continue reading]

Boise Real Estate Sales | March 2010

Posted by Jace

April 15, 2010

Boise real estate sales surged in March by 43% compared to February with 311 single family homes sold. This is a 36% increase over last year an 11% increase two years ago [click title to continue reading]

2010 Idaho Homeowner Exemption Deadline

Posted by Jace

April 1, 2010

Have you filed for your 2010 Idaho Homeowners Exemption? If you’ve bought a home in the last year you only have about 2 weeks left… the deadline is April 15! [click title to continue reading]

Ada County Foreclosure Market Share in Last 3 Months

Posted by Jace

March 26, 2010

In the last three months, 51% of the sales have been Ada County foreclosures. 20% were short sales and 31% were bank-owned properties. Boise had a smaller market share than most other areas of the county [click title to continue reading]

Boise Idaho Real Estate Market | Feb 2010

Posted by Jace

March 22, 2010

Last month there was 179 home sales in the Boise Idaho real estate market. This is up about 15% over last year [click title to continue reading]

Ada County Real Estate Sales in February ’10

Posted by Jace

March 12, 2010

Ada County real estate sales were up about 32% compared to the same time last year… [click title to continue reading]

Boise Bank-Owned Property Sales | 2.12.2010

Posted by Jace

February 12, 2010

In the last two months there’s been about 100 bank-owned home sales in Boise. I compiled this data to look at latest trends as they pertain to the percent discounted off the asking price. Contrary to the tone you hear in the national news the local Boise bank-owned properties typically sell very quickly and close [...]