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
When is it time to buy?
Most would anticipate a Realtor to say, "Right now." We all know that cannot possibly be a true answer. The truth is, there are many indicators that real estate in Coeur d'Alene and surrounding areas - as well as a…
Negotiating in a strong market
Regular readers know that we consider ourselves in a strong market. Of course, as with all things real estate the market is very specific to your location and although North Idaho real estate is moving at a comfort…
Realtor.com to become mainstream
Changes are in store for the real estate search website, realtor.com. It was announced last week that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has purchased Move, Inc., the parent company of realtor.com for $950 mil…
Interest down, applications up
The average 30-year mortgage rate last week according to Freddie Mac was 3.63 percent. With the prior week's adjustment from 3.73 to 3.66 mortgage applications surged. For the week ending Jan. 9, mortgage loan appl…
Things are lining up for another good year
With the terrific recap of 2014 last week, we now look ahead to see what readers can expect from the North Idaho market. With last year's new construction reflecting 17 percent of our single family home sales we an…
2014 exceeds expectations
The Coeur d'Alene Association of Realtors was excited to tell you last October that we had surpassed our 2006 sales volume for residential real estate. Because our production is not tallied until the last sale of t…
Anything but cold
The January edition of the North Idaho Business Journal illustrates predictions of a good local economy for this new year. Local prognosticators have projected continued improvement in our real estate and employmen…
Neighborhood of the week: Lake Forest
Sometimes you want to build your dream home, carefully selecting the light fixtures and flooring, choosing the appliances, designing the living space to suit y…
Neighborhood of the week: Best Hill Meadows
Best Hill Meadows is one of those neighborhoods that you drive past every day, yet have no idea it's there - unless you're one of the lucky few to live there. …
Stability spreads
We have been fortunate to provide you with good reports about the improvement and apparent stability of local real estate for months. In fact our market has improved steadily during the past two years and although …
Be wary of gifts
It is the time of year where families gather and share their love by exchanging gifts. For those of you expecting to sell a home in the near future this can create a problem. It is common knowledge that clutter is …
Neighborhood of the week: Sanders Beach
We've all seen them - the communities with monuments proudly bearing their names at the entrance, such as Strawberry Fields and Cottage Grove. Then there are t…
Giving is receiving
It is said that, "what goes around comes around." Even so, there is no way we Realtors would accept any credit for the current trend in real estate. It has been a good year for our market and that means a good year…
Appreciation still growing
November sales statistics continue to show stability in North Idaho real state. Our staff has compiled our year to date results as compared to last year and we still are seeing improvement in this, the first year t…
Neighborhood of the week: The Spokane River
Claudia Phenneger, a Realtor with Lakeshore Realty, knows the Spokane River. "I have a passion for the Spokane River," she said. "It's a very exciting place."