recent blog posts from Arlene Thomson
Posted by Tim Burroughs | on May 24, 2012, 1:55 pmLocal Foreclosure Hunters: Listen Up! For quite a while now, bargain hunters have been able to take their time combing through Boise Idaho Area foreclosure listings. They’ve been looking for the kind of terrific real estate bargains that the last few years have provided — and there have been plenty. But recent signs show that » Read more
Posted by Tim Burroughs | on May 23, 2012, 1:35 pmMortgage Rate Decline: Has It Run Its Course? The question at the top of the list for Boise Idaho Area residents thinking about buying a home is the one about mortgage rates. May’s rates are certainly low (really, really low: south of 4%)…but is it worthwhile to wait for them to head lower? Even more » Read more
Posted by Tim Burroughs | on May 22, 2012, 10:41 pmHow many HUD-owned homes are available in Ada County? I had made an offer for a client on a HUD-owned home and had not received any notification that we had either won the bid and were on the way to homeownership, or we didn’t and now we needed to start looking for another house. I » Read more
Posted by Tim Burroughs | on May 22, 2012, 1:28 pmWhy Not Add Luxury to Your Boise Idaho Area Home? When the Boise Idaho Area real estate market undergoes the kind of wide changes we’ve seen recently, you would expect changes in how prospective buyers approach their choices. No surprise there. With lending tight and larger deposits often being sought by lenders, many of this spring’s Boise Idaho » Read more
Posted by Tim Burroughs | on May 21, 2012, 5:21 pmHow many foreclosed homes are available in Ada County? I had completed research on homes in Ada County (Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Star, Kuna and Garden City, Idaho) over the last few days and I realized that I had not actually looked at foreclosed homes. Sometimes they are foreclosed homes because there is a significant reason, » Read more