Real Estate News
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Landowners, Adams district, Nez Perce Tribe restore 1.25 miles of the Little Salmon River
Fencing cattle off of streambanks can make a significant improvement in an area’s water quality
How good is your CMA?
With the shortages of inventory reported here week after week, more and more agents are advertising free Comparable Market Analyses in an effort to garner more personal inventory. This marketing strategy has always…
Gearing for golf
Yes, many neighborhoods still have snow on the ground. Yes, another blizzard could blow through North Idaho at any time between now and mid-June. But we saw so…
Rates may exacerbate the inventory problem
By now you all know the Fed has increased the interest rates it charges banks to borrow. That increase has already impacted mortgage loans, but there is another impact that is sure to perplex would-be homebuyers. A…
Sales still moving forward
It is more than likely a dearth of inventory rather than the seemingly endless winter that has slowed Coeur d’Alene sales this first quarter. Post Falls and Hayden have posted double-digit gains. No doubt the weath…
Not just blarney - Parkside Bungalows a Dover Bay paradise
It’s the real estate equivalent of a pot of gold.
Orchard Lands in Coeur d'Alene touts new affordable homes
Affordable new construction in Coeur d’Alene may soon be an endangered species.
Homeowners see benefits at tax time
Occasionally we find someone who is unaware of some tax advantages of owning real estate. While most of us are not accountants we have learned through classes offered by the Associations of Realtors in Coeur d’Alen…
Camden Place an appealing 'pocket' Post Falls neighborhood
Camden Yards is home turf for the Baltimore Orioles. Camden Place is a well-kept, centrally located neighborhood in Post Falls.
Best in a decade
Spirits were high Thursday at the Spokane Kootenai Real Estate Research Committee’s annual Real Estate Market Forum at the Spokane Convention Center. The popularity of the event was greater than anticipated as the …
Flanking the fairgrounds
The news in real estate is often about the new. New developments and neighborhoods. New designs and home features.
It is about more than money
We all know buying one of the few existing houses on the market is competitive and as our latest statistics reveal anything priced below $300,000 really has the seller in the driver’s seat. Understanding that and t…
Move in now to Dover Bay's waterfront Marina Town
Just one move-in ready home is currently available at the Dover Bay Waterfront Community. The property, located in building No. 2 of the Marina Town developmen…
Off to a great start
Hampered by the lowest inventory in years our local real estate market keeps moving. Lack of available homes though have slowed some areas yet price increases reflect that — at least in the lower priced homes — sel…
Changes in store
President Trump signed an executive order Friday that directs the Treasury Secretary, in part, to begin a review of the Dodd-Frank Act. Although there are no immediate changes proposed, the review will undoubtedly …
Woodland Meadows an affordable Hayden hotspot
Everything you need in Hayden can be found a short distance from Woodland Meadows, an established neighborhood within walking distance of core amenities.