The Boise Valley: January 2010

Coldwell Banker kicked has just kicked off a national ad campaign to keep the First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit on the radar of those who want to make the move to home ownership this year.  Many prospective buyers do not know the details of this program such as you must have something in contract by April 30th, you will not be able to file electronically if claiming this credit, or even that current owners are elegible for a tax credit as well.  Please visit my website at TheBoiseValley.com for more details or simple drop me a line and I'll be happy to shed light on this wonderful opportunity!

The Home Down Payment Assistance program from the Idaho Housing and Finance Association has just been extended through March 31, 2010.  A "zero" percent interest, due upon sale, deferred loan program that is available for borrowers with less than 80% of the AMI (Area Median Income).  Visit the IFHA's webpage for a more detailed explaination of the assistance levels and requirements.  Please visit TheBoiseValley.com for all of your real estate needs!

My colleague, Craig Zuber, has written a book called "In The Trenches - Do or Die Lessons from the Business Battlefield".  Craig has a talent for lighting fires and watching him work on this project over the last several months has motivated me to light a little fire under my self as well.  This seems to be a gift that Craig has and it seems he has found the perfect vehicle to put his motivational talents and business skills to good use.  Watching this project start to gain momentum I can see that it is turning into a grass roots movement to actually help transform our 500K or so exiting military personnel into entrepreneurs and small business owners.  This is a concept I have never seen and I think it could catch on and only help America.  In these times of economic turmoil, who might have the skills, mindset, and intestinal fortitude to not only survive but strive?...Our Soldiers!  His website is SoldiersImpact.com ...check it out!

The "Local Market Reports" page on TheBoiseValley.com has just been updated to include the December data for Ada, Boise, Canyon, and Valley counties.  I've also added the 4th Quarter reports for each of these as well and will continue to update those as I've had good response on that view of the market data.  Again remember that "all Real Estate is LOCAL!" (click the link for a good article explaining this phenomenon) and if you need some more specific data I can get that for you in just about any shape or form you can imagine...contact me I'd love to get that put together for you!  Look for the monthly updates around the middle of the following month.  Here is a quick break down of the two counties that make up The Boise Valley. The data is for existing as well has "new Construction"...

ADA County

CANYON County

 HIDDEN SPRINGS  $180K--$600K

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Welcome to Hidden Springs!  Idaho's first "planned community" was established in 1998 and is thriving today with over seven hundred homes and a mix of residents ranging from young renters to families to empty nest retirees.  Hidden Springs boasts it's own mercantile, library, fire station, two pools, barn/community center, and even a dental office.  All of the feeling of "out of town" but only minutes from downtown.

Boise State vs. TCU ... An epic and suprising defensive struggle ...WE'LL TAKE IT!!  What a game.  Hats off to the young men on both teams who waged this battle and gave us a great last game of the 2009 season.  Where Boise State finishes in the rankings and if they deserve a co-championship, i'll leave to those who know better.  What I do know is this is one great team and we get it done when it counts.  If you live in the area and want to welcome home the team you can meet them at the staduium at 2:30pm.  There will also be a ceremony at Boise State Allen Noble Hall of Fame Plaza at 2:45pm.  CONGRATS BOYS!!!

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