Bill's Boise Real Estate Blog

I've received a number of inquires this past week, from buyer contacts and possible listing contacts as well, about the current market here in Boise.  In the middle of the month of December, it is hard to talk about statistics, so I offer my personal observations as to the health of the market in...

Last night I had the pleasure of joining friends for a great session of pre-holiday visiting and chatting.  Our host surprised us all by handing out questionaires, and suggesting that we spend the evening talking about our answers to these holiday questions.We had such a great time, and the discu...

When was the last time you went for a tour of the state capitol building in downtown Boise?  If you're like me, you might never have been inside before.  Or maybe you're like my wife, who hasn't been inside since she was in school...We went downtown last night, to see the lights, and to enjoy the...

Low unemployment, low crime rates, and a lack of severe weather are among the factors that lead to the Boise-Nampa area (our Treasure Valley) being named Number 1 on the list of "Most Secure U.S. Places to Live" for large metropolitan areas.  The list is an annual ranking done by Farmers Insuranc...

You don't need to live in the Treasure Valley long to realise that one of the biggest infrastructure problems we have right now is a lack of North-South roads to carry traffic over I-84.  The problem is most noticeable on the Eagle Road corridor from Eagle at Highway 44 (State Street) through Me...

The Ada county real estate market continued to slow in November, as it usually does (except last year).  A quick check of the numbers shows that at the end of the month there were a total of 4309 active Single Family and Single Family with Acreage listings in Ada county.  More than 100 of those ...

While we have been reading about record amounts of rain and snow in Seattle, Colorado, and the midwest, we here in Boise have been enjoying a long, dry, drawn out fall.  Last night we got the first snowfall to cover the ground.  It's only an inch, but hey, it happened on Friday morning, so I have...

I know there are many of you who just can't seem to get it going this morning... last night's dinner is still not a memory yet, and the professional shoppers left your house early and have been out shopping since before the morning news came on.  The games haven't started yet, and it's too soon f...

I just sat through another television news report bemoaning the terrible decline in housing sales right now, compared to last year (of course).  Must be a slow news day.  But I had to laugh, because I was in the middle of reading an article that had a decidedly more upbeat slant to it, and that i...

Now that the residential real estate market in the Treasure Valley area has cooled off, we can take a minute to catch our breath and think about what is happening, about where we are as a city and a region, and what the future might hold.  Was it all a dream?  Did we suffer a bubble?  Will my kid...