George Tallabas Boise Real Estate

Did you know that mortgage rates took nearly a 1% drop last Friday the 28th of November 2008? This is great news for those looking to buy a home.  Home buyers now have awesome interest rates to go with incredibly low prices on homes which include record numbers of foreclosures. The federal reserve announcement last ...

Search over 13,000 listings in the Southwest area of Idaho in a new and innovative way.  As of November of 2008 there is a new tool that will allow you the user to search all of the listings in the Southwest Idaho Regional MLS including Bank Foreclosures.  You can also now search by percentage of price reduction and days on the ...

I have written about this topic in the past but with the unprecedented buyers market we are currently in this topic certainly deserves to be reconsidered. Unless one has been living in cave the past two years it is obvious that any retirement account funded by stocks or mutual funds has taken a huge beating.  Experts are predicting that ...

The Idaho Real Estate market has changed the past 24 months and no one will argue with that statement. I still find it interesting that many homeowners have not been given good advice in dealing with a challenging market. I hope these tips will shed some light on some very important facts. 1. Statistics are meant to be analyzed. Look at ...

I am beginning to believe strongly in the saying "The more things change, the more things stay the same".  This is certainly true when it comes to good old fashioned communication and knowledge.  A few years ago a local farmer called me and asked if I would be his Idaho Realtor.  He informed me that he was unhappy with his ...

While the vast majority of newcomers to Idaho headed to the most populated counties in 2007, new Census Bureau figures show slightly more of the people coming in from other states and nations settled in rural counties than in preceding years. Based on county population estimates for July 1, 2007, just over 80 percent of the 35,500 increase ...

Caldwell Idaho is well positioned for economic development for the future.  Commercial business growth has slowed due to the condition of the cool residential market but many good signs indicate Caldwell is well positioned when the real estate market sees improvement. The new Title One building near downtown and the digital imaging ...