November 20, 2008

All markets are different. During the next few years, some housing markets will turn around faster than others. How do you know when your particular market has reached its bottom? If you wait until others pick over the great deals, you'll miss the bottom.

Keep a track of how many properties are listed from month to month. Once you start to see a reduction in inventory then that may mean that buyers are starting to buy. There could be two reasons whey inventory is reducing – overpriced homes may be taken off the market and sales volume could be picking up. You can find out this information from your local real estate agent.

Keep reading national and local newspapers. If your local media reporters are now starting to interview experts in your market and asking questions like, “Have we reached the bottom?” then that might be a sign that there may be a shift.

Talk to your friends and co-workers. How are they feeling about your local economy and housing prices? Are they more optimistic now than they were 3 months ago, or even last month?

Consumer confidence will be a big part in the housing market turning around.

Be on the lookout for mortgage interest rates stabilizing and mortgage companies start to ease lending restrictions.

One of the biggest indicators is when prices have stopped dropping. The secret is to buy before they start to inch back up again!

I’m not suggesting that you wait till the absolute bottom of your market to buy. You have to look at a home as a place to live, not an investment. Only you can determine what an affordable monthly payment is relative to the value of the home you are purchasing. There are individual homes for sale that can be bought at the bottom of your market, even if homes in general have not reached that mark.

Talk to a trusted real estate agent – we can help!

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Local Information for Boise, ID

Latitude: 43.613739 -- Longitude: -116.237651

ZIP Codes for Boise, Idaho	83701 83702 83703 83704 83705 83706 83707 83708 83709 83711 83712 83713 83714 83715 83716 83717 83719 83720 83721 83722 83724 83725 83726 83727 83728 83729 83730 83731 83732 83733 83735 83756 83757 83799
Area Code for Boise, Idaho	208
Time zone for Boise, Idaho	MST

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Numbering about 15,000, Boise's Basque community is the largest Basque community in the United States and the third largest in the world outside Argentina and the Basque Country in Spain and France [6]. A large Basque festival known as Jaialdi is held once every five years (next in 2010). Downtown Boise features a vibrant section known as the "Basque Block". Boise's mayor, David H. Bieter is of Basque descent. Boise is also a regional hub for jazz and theater. The Gene Harris Jazz Festival is hosted in Boise each spring. The city is also home to a number of museums, including the Boise Art Museum, Idaho Historical Museum, the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, Idaho Black History Museum and the Discovery Center of Idaho. Several theater groups operate in the city, including the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Boise Little Theatre and the Boise Contemporary Theater among others. -- Source: Wikipedia.com

Idaho 2000 Census Population Profile Map

	Boise	Idaho	United States
Population	185,787	1,293,953	281,421,906
Median age	32.8	33.2	35.3
Median age for Male	31.7	32.2	34
Median age for Female	34	34.2	36.5
Households	74,438	469,645	105,480,101
Household population	181,774	1,262,457	273,643,273
Average household size	2.44	2.69	2.59
Families	46,493	335,588	71,787,347
Average family size	3.03	3.17	3.14
Housing units	77,850	527,824	115,904,641
Occupied units	74,438	469,645	105,480,101
Vacant units	3,412	58,179	10,424,540

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November 20, 2008

Local Information for Boise, ID

Latitude: 43.613739 -- Longitude: -116.237651

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