George Tallabas Boise Real Estate

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 ...

Idaho real estate prices seem to be falling almost monthly.  Whenever I am asked to do a search in any price range I find that now as many as 7 out of 10 homes I show are either Idaho foreclosures or Idaho short sales. In the peak year of 2005 it was almost unheard of in the Treasure Valley area of Southwest Idaho for homes to be ...

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 ...

With all the talk about escalating gas and grocery prices consumers have had to learn to tighten their belts and budget their money they were not acustomed to being concerned with in the past.  Many families have made some tough decisions to deal with the changing economic landscape. When our backs are against the walls it is amazing what we ...

Parents and grandparents please, please read this carefully.  I have written about this in the past and advised many indivuduals. I think it is time to write about this again.  Those I mentioned this to a few years ago and put the idea to practice are well on their way to funding a wonderful education for their children or ...

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 ...