Marty and Max: Real Estate Recipes

Today we will discuss two ways to buy an actively marketed home at a bargain, where you actually want to live.

Excelling at selling, on a serious tip

Years ago, a salesperson friend told me a story about his daughter. She insisted on buying her favorite gumdrops from a particular candy store owned by Nick, even though a more convenient candy store had recently opened in a shopping mall.

Marty and Max: Mid-June Real Estate Update

We have been discussing how the real estate market is reacting to the interest rates hovering at 7% and following are our expert's thoughts.

Give the gift of the outdoors

Share your love for the outdoors by buying an Idaho resident hunting license, fishing license or Sportsman’s Package for friends and family this holiday season. 2024 licenses are now on sale.

Food prices are squeezing Europe. Now Italians are calling for a pasta protest

Spain has avoided price controls

Mid-year market report

The first half of 2023 is in the books. This week in many ways is the turning point in the year for housing. Home purchases start to decelerate and price reductions increase in the second half of the year.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Natural talent

Many of you have met one of our most talented and hard-working distributor sales people, Kevin Olsonberg. We work with him a lot so naturally he is at many of our winemaker dinners and tastings with the wineries he represents. Many of you also know that he is a talented musician, a rock and roll and country music drummer. Kevin was nominated for a regional Grammy Award not long ago. With his passion and background, we often talk music, all kinds of music. Kevin “grew up” if you will, emulating many of the great jazz drummers, and given the choice I suspect would love to be drumming with a jazz group.

MY TURN: 'Old Guard' put N. Idaho on the map

With primary election nearing, decide who you think will make our community its most desirable.

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices

The United States is slogging through a housing affordability crisis that was decades in the making

Home sellers are cutting list prices as spring buying season starts with higher mortgage rates

The pickup in the share of home listings with price cuts is a sign the housing market is shifting back toward a more balanced dynamic between buyers and sellers

EDITORIAL: Four legislators owe voters an explanation

Kootenai County Republican foursome side with

Marty and Max: A lesson in DEI

In the last 12 months, according to MLS data, there have been 4,370 homes sold in the Coeur d’Alene market. The rural east side, which includes the 83833 zip code, accounted for a mere 45 homes sold or about 1%.

The power of politeness

A pompous and arrogant customer in an antique shop was making the owner drag out fragile, old pieces, and then commenting on their poor quality and high prices. After about an hour, she looked at her watch and said she had to go.

Building a miracle

PF neighborhood to set example for homeownership through public-private partnerships

For two long years, Ryan Ryle and his fiance, Jayne Foster, tried to buy a home in North Idaho. Ryle, who grew up just on the other side of the Idaho-Washington stateline, said the couple would put in offers on houses just to constantly be outbid by other buyers who had larger down payments or cash in hand. “We even looked at new builds, but we needed so much earnest money down, we couldn’t save for it,” Ryle said Thursday.

Silver Valley Mining Wars: Part 1

Through the discovery of gold by Andrew Prichard in 1882 a human avalanche of 5,000 “gold rushers” soon descended on the area around Eagle Creek and Murray. But within a year, these prospectors began spilling over the Coeur d’Alene mountains to the south to prospect for additional gold deposits. However, lead-silver outcroppings were found, rather than gold, and claims were filed.

Loss a reminder not to wait for tomorrow

Two weeks ago, I was reminded of the importance of listening to promptings. July was very full in my world with visiting family, three weekend parades (two to announce, one to appear in) and more company arriving at the end of the month.

US inflation slows but remains elevated in sign that price pressures are easing only grad

At his most recent news conference, Fed Chair Jerome Powell singled out persistently high services prices as a concern

Marty and Max: Where is the market going?

Where is the market going and how will the year-end? Is the market going to crash? How will the market react to 7.25% rates or perhaps 8% rates? Will inventory increase?

Shooting star gets perfect score

Coeur d’Alene Skeet and Trap club member, Joe Pestarino, 18, shot his first 100 birds straight at a skeet tournament in Washington over the weekend.

Adidas brings in $437 million from the first Yeezy sale. Part of that will go to anti-hate groups

The Adidas CEO said the Yeezy sales are "of course also helping both our cash flow and general financial strength.”