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
Election time strategy
In the spring flowers bloom and the air is filled with their fragrance. Also at this time of year, mailboxes fill with campaign literature from hopeful candidates, both incumbent and newbies each vying for our vote…
Unanticipated rate drop equals opportunity
Even though higher than last year at this time, interest rates for 30-year fixed rate mortgages dropped last week to the surprise of most. Last week's 4.21 percent rate is the lowest seen in six months giving buyer…
Neighborhood of the week: Downtown Coeur d'Alene
When you're alone and life is making you lonely / You can always go downtown / You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares / So go downtown / Thing…
Neighborhood of the Week: Twin Lakes Village
We all remember the good ol' days. Even if you're too young to remember them yourself, you've heard your parents and grandparents reminiscing about them. Those…
Markets stall
Reports from several national sources were seen and heard last week announcing a bad first quarter for housing. An article on Friday in Business Week stated in part, "Sales of previously owned properties tumbled 7.…
Communication is key
It is true with any occupation that, as your experience grows, your communication style changes. In many occupations, acronyms are used as words and although peers understand what you mean, no one else does. Realto…
Neighborhood of the Week: Montrose
Just when you thought you would never find that perfect place to live - a family-friendly community in a great location with homes to suit most every price ran…
Neighborhood of the Week: Parkside
Downtown living is fast becoming a national trend, and Parkside is no exception to that rule. This elegant condominium complex is the latest addition to the do…
Interest rates dip slightly
Interest for 30-year mortgages dipped last week to equal the lowest in six weeks. These lower rates not only encourage those looking for homes, but have caused refinancing applications to increase as well. While ap…
Fair housing month
April is the first full month of spring. It is also a month celebrated by many organizations as "their" month. Since this is a column on real estate matters, we will focus on fair housing giving no insult to; Fresh…
Neighborhood of the week: RidgePointe
When you approach the private gated entrance to RidgePointe and see the tower perched on dramatic rock outcroppings high above Lake Coeur d'Alene, you realize …
Market still improved
Sales of bank owned and short sale properties continued their decline through the first quarter of the year. Our year to date sales of foreclosed properties as of the end of March in 2013 were 28 percent higher tha…
Flood insurance more costly for many
We learned this past week that the flood insurance subsidies that the National Association of Realtors fought so hard for was signed into law by the President. Although the law delays the cessation of subsidies to …
Neighborhood of the week: Strawberry Fields
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People for Person
Subscribers may already know after Wednesday's article in this paper, but to us and the folks in East Coeur d'Alene, a new playground at Person Field is a big deal. Since 1945 when the Coeur d'Alene Association of …