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Want to help bring jobs to Boise?…here’s how.
I received this letter from BVEP’s Executive Director, Clark Krause earlier today. It dawned on me that between us (all 3,000 of us) we could come up with some pretty compelling reasons for this potential employer to move here…. Please copy me at marc@myacaronline.com on anything you send. Boise Valley Economic Partnership (BVEP) Requests Your [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )December Market Report is in…and it looks pretty darn good.
2011 December sales were 477 in Ada County, a decrease of 9% over December 2010. Total sales for 2011 are 6,299; up 7% over 2010. In July of 2011, we exceeded YTD 2010 sales for the first time in 2011. This is our first year-over-year increase, without influence of the home buyer tax credit, in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Who’d you say we were again…?
Who’d you say we were again…? I called a friend at NAR earlier this week. Frederik Heller is an archivist with NAR’s library and has been working on a project to record the contributions of REALTORS® to American history. I told him I wanted to add something special to my end of year retrospective and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )That was the year that was…reflections on the year gone by
Making predictions is like playing a fun parlor game. Whatever comes from it is more often than not forgotten as soon as it is done. Not so at ACAR. In December 2010 we made a bunch of predictions and presented them as a look back at 2011…pretty clever right? So…how did we do? [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )REALTORS® Applaud Bill to Protect Taxpayers From Mortgage Industry Bailouts
Washington, December 08, 2011 The National Association of Realtors® supports legislation introduced today that provides sensible reform of the secondary mortgage market and protects the interest of taxpayers. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) introduced the legislation, “The Mortgage Finance Act of 2011,” in the U.S. Senate. The bill creates a limited-term, government-chartered secondary mortgage market mechanism, the Mortgage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )November is again something to be thankful for…homes sales continue to outpace last year.
2011 November sales were 471 in Ada County, an increase of 7.3% over November 2010. November sales YTD are 5,763; up 7.98% over 2010 YTD. In July of 2011, we exceeded YTD 2010 sales for the first time in 2011. In August we improved to +6.1%. In September our increase was 7.2%. In October it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )What Do Today’s Home Buyers Look Like?
By Gary Thomas, 2012 President-Elect, National Association of REALTORS® There was so much helpful and interesting information presented at Annual. Sometimes it can be a little overwhelming! Only now, a few weeks later, am I catching up on all of the excellent information. One item that is particularly valuable and worth taking a closer look at [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Carrier IQ and Your Phone: Everything You Need To Know
By Peter Pachal http://mashable.com/author/peter-pachal/ From Mashable.com There is a storm of controversy flaring up over Carrier IQ, cellphone software that logs user activity and relays at least some of that information to wireless carriers. The carriers say they’ll use that data to improve their networks. But anything that’s peeking in on [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )October Brings Fall Colors and Continued Strengthening in Housing
2011 October sales were 520 in Ada County, an increase of 12.7% over October 2010. October sales YTD are 5,271; up 7.64% over 2010 YTD. In July of 2011, we exceeded YTD 2010 sales for the first time in 2011. In August we improved to +6.1%. In September our increase was 7.2%. Now we have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Last night I was asked “So what do you
Last night I was asked “So what do you Realtors think should be done to solve the housing mess?” Here’s what we think…
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