George Tallabas Boise Real Estate

With all the talk about Idaho Short Sales and Idaho Bank Owned Real Estate there has also been talk about how anyone selling a home using the short sale process would have their credit damaged and would be unable to buy a home for 3 years using any kind of government financing after executing an Idaho Short Sale. This has been drilled into us ...

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 ...

Buying your next Idaho home should be a wonderful experience.  It does not have to be a stressful and anxious experience.  Follow these tips and you will be well on your way to making your next home experience one you will remember. 1)  You have heard the term location, location, location!  Do some homework before you go ...

Idaho Real Estate buyers have been confused because every time they call me about buying Idaho Real Estate in Idaho I have to tell them that mortage rates have risen.  They could not understand why mortgage rates were increasing when they heard on the news that the Federal Reserve Board has been aggressively lowering the discount rate ...

I have been listening to the media regarding real estate since my career started in 1980 and what I have observed is very interesting.  Some of the most successful real estate investors purchased properties in every cycle of the real estate market and were never concerned about what the media said to do or not do.  This is why they ...

Over the years the internet has caused more and more people to use the world wide web to search for homes.  Over the past several years print advertising and open houses just have not worked the way they have in the past.   In fact open houses the past 2-3 years have been disasters with either no one showing up or just a bored ...