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Are You Dialed In?
 When you network with one of Boise's most successful real estate teams, it means free educational opportunities, investment tools, greater exposure for your listing, and an opportunity for you to market YOUR business, product or service.Connect with us today! Are you on LinkedIN? Facebook? Other social networking sites? Let us know.  For you small business owners and advocate partners: Beginning September 1, we are offering low-cost, innovative advertising opportunities that will help brand you as an expert in your field, make you easy to find online and connect you with our “universe” of contacts. (Please inquire so we can send you more information!)  Our innovative marketing and outreach efforts have resulted in a consistent and growing presence on the Internet. Won't you take advantage of us?Contact Katy Schaff, our marketing director, today to find out how! katy@boisesbestre.com
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"Do all boise houses look like track homes?"
It's fun to review visitor statistics to our website. This is one of the search phrases that recently drew a web surfer to us. Isn't that great? Can't you just hear the desperation in the tone of that question? The answer of course is no, but there are plenty of "track [presumably tract] homes" to go around and they serve their purpose. Plenty of buyers prefer a planned community with the protection (and occasional hassels) of a HOA. Others would never compromise their style just to ensure that every lawn is watered and every garage door is closed. But here are a few of the homes we've listed, scattered all over the Treasure Valley, that are anything but typical. Don't despair, dear reader.  Labels: Blogging, Boise, Humor, Listings, Technology, Web Surfing
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Hope Springs Eterntal I Guess
Nearly half of all home buyers (44%) believe the housing market will improve once the new President takes office in January, 2009, according to a new survey recently released conducted by Harris Interactive® and commissioned by Move, Inc., operator of Realtor.com®.Forty-eight percent of women and 41 percent of men who plan to buy a home in the current market said they think the housing market will get better once the new President is in office. It is not the idea that the housing market will "improve" that I'm scoffing at, but the confidence people put in an Office to help achieve it. On what grounds will the new Head of State help improve the real estate market? Start buying houses? Tell Congress what to do? Manhandle the FED? Good luck. Read the whole article. There are some interesting stats about barriers home buyers report they're facing when considering a purchase. Labels: Economy, News, Real Estate
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A Nod from the Boston Globe
 Listed among San Diego's famous Balboa Park and Alexandria, Virginia's picturesque George Washington Parkway is the Boise Greenbelt. Boise River Greenbelt Boise, Idaho
Once the dumping ground for trash, industrial waste, and raw sewage, this riverfront park was reclaimed in the 1960s and transformed into a haven for outdoor lovers, with 25 miles of pathways geared to walkers, runners, skaters, bikers. If you don't have your own, there are vendors who rent equipment along the way. Float, tube, kayak, or canoe along the Boise River, or just relax and watch the critters, which include ducks, geese, great blue heron, beaver, grey fox, muskrat, and the occasional bald eagle. That's the whole blurb...but we'll take it! Here's the link to the article.H/T Karen Geselle. Labels: Boise, Downtown Boise, News, Quality of Life, Recreation
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Tired of Your High Energy Bills?
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Reporting Home Sales and Buying Booze on Election Day
The Idaho Statesman has a roundup of major legislation passed by the Idaho State Legislature this spring, including new regulations (supported by the Real Estate Commission) on reporting real estate sales. What do you think of this juicy peice of legislation? Idahoans can now run to the bottle shop on election days, after the Legislature narrowly passed House Bill 348, which did away with a nearly 70-year-old ban on Election Day liquor sales. The ban was originally aimed at keeping shady operators from plying people with liquor in exchange for giving their vote to a particular candidate. Narrowly passed? Hmmm... Labels: Idaho, News, Real Estate Trends
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For you small business owners and advocate partners: Beginning September 1, we are offering low-cost, innovative advertising opportunities that will help brand you as an expert in your field, make you easy to find online and connect you with our “universe” of contacts. (Please inquire so we can send you more information!) 
