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Recent statistics indicate that 80% of all home buyers use the internet to find their next home. I recently had an experience with a prospective buyer that taught me much about the role of the internet in buying a home in Boise. This buyer was from Southern California, had a lot of free time, an...
09/29/2007
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With some trepidation, I finally succumbed to the desire to be cool and bought an 8gb iPhone Thursday. I have been less than impressed with the way Apple rolled the iPhone out @ $599, sold a million of them to early adopters, then screwed over those early buyers by dropping the price to $399, th...
09/22/2007
Here’s a snapshot of August's real estate activity for Eagle, Idaho: Available Homes # Available: 535Average Asking Price: $680,144Median Asking Price: $552,450Pending Sales# Pending: 31Average Asking Price: $591,113Median Asking Price: $469,000Closed Sales – August 2006 # Closed: 53Average Sa...
09/02/2007
Here’s a snapshot of August's real estate activity for Meridian, Idaho: Available Homes # Available: 1,508Average Asking Price: $333,348Median Asking Price: $284,000Pending Sales# Pending: 160Average Asking Price: $334,133Median Asking Price: $279,400Closed Sales – August 2006 # Closed: 285Ave...
09/02/2007
Here’s a snapshot of August's real estate activity for Ada County: Available Homes # Available: 5,158Average Asking Price: $372,798Median Asking Price: $285,000Pending Sales# Pending: 609Average Asking Price: $315,231Median Asking Price: $248,773Closed Sales – August 2006 # Closed: 932Average ...
09/02/2007
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Those of you familiar with the work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross will recognize the parallels from her extensive research on grieving in the following post.With great respect (and apologies) for Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, I have taken many liberties to correlate her research with the stages of grief many...
08/23/2007
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The real estate profession clings to many outdated business practices, but here's my nomination for the Top Ten Archaic Real Estate Practices:10) Office tour9) MLS tour8) Itty-bitty print ads that say “Hurry, this one won’t last!”7) Black and white marketing materials6) Full gr...
08/22/2007
The newspaper business is becoming more and more challenging as the internet draws more classified ad revenue away. In the past few years, 30% of classified employment advertising revenue has moved to the internet. Now, real estate advertising dollars are migrating to the internet too as major f...
08/22/2007
That old saying is worth remembering in our current Boise real estate market. I got a call, while in San Francisco at Inman Connect a couple of weeks ago, from a referred seller. The caller didn’t know it was 6:30 a.m. in San Francisco, and that I was still half-asleep in my hotel room, but I ca...
08/22/2007
10) She’s neighbor Bob’s niece, new in real estate, and she’s a nice girl. 9) She quoted us the highest asking price for our home. 8) She says she has a buyer for our home. 7) She works for the biggest real estate company in town. 6) She promised to hold open houses. 5) She promi...
08/22/2007