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The Week in Real Estate With the market off to a slow-ish start in 2025, it's a good time to look at our extensive 2024 Market Report to review the activity in our various areas. I would love to answer any questions you have about the report and how last year's numbers might impact this [...]

The Federal Reserve has cut its short-term bank borrowing rate by 100 basis points since mid-September. But mortgage rates have refused to budge lower. When will the mortgage rates buckle and by how much? No one knows with certainty but a good estimate is for 6% to 6.5% by midyear. Read More Here - Lawrence [...]

The Week in Real Estate Last week was quiet for real estate - in fact, it was the least active week of 2024. In contrast, the weather gods delivered a lot of much-needed snow, and that surely kept everyone occupied (and made the roads a little dicey!). My exclusive 2024 Sun Valley Market Report will be [...]

The Week in Real Estate As 2024 winds down, the numbers keep piling up. With nearly 2 dozen new listings joining the market in the last few days, active buyers should definitely put "visit new listings" on their holiday to-do list. Let me know how I can help. Whether you are here in Central Idaho [...]

The Week in Real Estate The market hums steadily along as we near the end of the year. Keep in mind that Christmas Day falls on a Wednesday, and the middle-of-the-week holiday will likely impact real estate activity a bit. Winter weather arrived in full force over the weekend. Skiers and snowboarders (and snowshoers and [...]

The Week in Real Estate A quick note about last week's Pending Activity: an $8M offering listed in Ashton (towards Idaho Falls) went under contract, and was listed 3 separate ways, for a total of $16M in pending dollar volume. So that number above is quite inflated. Not a huge deal in the big picture, but [...]

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No. Housing economists and analysts agree that any market correction is likely to be modest — no one expects price drops on the scale of the declines experienced during the Great Recession. The likelihood of a market crash is minimal. — LAWRENCE YUN, CHIEF ECONOMIST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS There are still far more buyers [...]

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Home sales - newly constructed and existing- could rise by 10% in each of the next two years. Steady mortgage rates and more inventory will help. In addition, job growth has boosted a sizable pent-up housing demand to hit the market in the upcoming years. Where are the jobs? The green colored states are hot [...]

The Week in Real Estate It was another steady week of real estate activity. We continue to inch towards the $1 Billion in Sold Dollar Volume mark for just the 3rd time in the market's history. Halloween is Thursday, and while there have already been several events in the valley, here is a look [...]