NAR Reports Existing Home Sales Spring Ahead in March
Existing home sales across the U.S. bounced back in March, up 5.1% from February, and remained slightly up from a year ago, by 1.5%. The “bounce back” was a reference…
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Strong Spring Housing Market Doesn’t Mean Sellers Can Overprice
Tight inventory continued to push home prices up in March 2016, and sales remained strong. In March 2016, the median sales price of all single-family homes in Ada County, as…
Pending Sales Indicate Strong Spring Market for U.S. and Boise Region
The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) reported today that national pending sales (newly signed contracts) for existing homes reached a 7-month high in February 2016, up 3.5% SAAR compared to January…
NAR Says U.S. Existing Home Sales Fizzled in February but Boise Region Sales Remained Strong
NAR Says U.S. Existing Home Sales Fizzled in February but Boise Region Sales Remained Strong Key Takeaways: Sales of existing homes were up in Ada County 19.5% and up…
YPN Pub ‘n’ Putt Benefits RPAC
Calling all “Wild West” foursomes! Sink a hole-in-one for RPAC by wrangling your foursome together to putt your way through Humpin’ Hannah’s winding “Wild West” putt-putt course. Don’t forget your Western-wear…there…
February 2016 Inventory Near Records Lows
Low inventory was the recurring theme in market reports from Boise Regional REALTORS® (BRR) last year, but recently a new milestone was reached in 2016. As of January 2016, there…
Idaho Homeowner’s Exemption Aims to Create Stable Tax Base
On Tuesday, March 8th the Idaho Senate voted to approve HB431 sending it to the Governor’s desk for signing into law. The bill changes the Idaho Homeowner’s Exemption to a…
Recruiting Do’s and Don’ts
Recently, I received a call from a member asking what brokers or their assistants are allowed to do (or not do) when recruiting agents. Specifically, they wanted to know about…
New Market Reports Show Strong Start for Housing in 2016
Boise Regional REALTORS® (BRR) is kicking off the year with new market reports that provide a more detailed view of the region’s housing market. Starting with January 2016 data, we…
A Name in 2016!
How do Al Jolson, The Beatles, Wilson Phillips, and Adele connect to the association’s history? Loosely, but stick with me. Each were top artists the years that we had…
2015 Residential Real Estate Market Report for Ada County
Download a PDF of the report here. This information was provided by the Ada County Association of REALTORS® (ACAR) in January 2016, based primarily on data from the Intermountain MLS (IMLS),…