Yearly Archives: 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 24, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The prices of existing single-family homes in Idaho rose 15 percent in the past year, according to data from the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) released Thursday. Idaho had the fourth-highest rate of appreciation from the first quarter of 2012 to the first quarter of 2013, according to the FHFA’s House Price Index. Only Nevada, Arizona and California had higher rates. Nationally, home prices jumped 6.7 percent over the same time period.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- ShopHomeInsurance.net announces the new home insurance quote comparison service. Selection a home insurance quotes provider is one of the many important decisions. Choose From the Best Home Insurance Companies: Liberty Mutual Home Insurance, Safeco home insurance, Travelers Home Insurance, Ask Royal Home Insurance and ASI Home Insurance and Hartford Home Insurance.

EUGENE, OR - May 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- IDX, Inc. is pleased to welcome the real estate expertise of Bill McMurray of Community Real Estate to the growing network of realty professionals dedicated to serving the needs of their clients. Luxury home seekers can now experience an unprecedented level of accessibility to thousands of Idaho Mountain Central MLS (IMCMLS) listings, on McMurray’s convenient and easy-to-use IDX-enabled Community Real Estate website. As the raw listings data of IMCMLS properties is now extracted and seamlessly integrated into the search functions McMurray hosts, IDX Broker has forever changed the way McCall, Idaho area home seekers access the IMCMLS database and find the perfect property online

Boise - May 10, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Idahoans forced to move due to foreclosure have until June 30 to apply for financial assistance from the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho (CAPAI), Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and CAPAI Executive Director Christina Zamora said today.

Reston, Virginia - April 26, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERSCORP Holdings, Inc. today announced that a five-justice panel of the Idaho Supreme Court unanimously affirmed a lower court decision in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) and three other defendants, dismissing the Plaintiff's complaint of wrongful foreclosure

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The homeless population in Idaho decreased for the third consecutive year, according to the most recent Point-in-Time Count. The 2013 assessment identified 1,781 homeless adults and children in Idaho, a 9.5 percent decrease from the previous year, when there were 1,968 homeless. The state’s homeless population has fallen 24 percent since 2010, when there were 2,346 homeless

BOISE, ID - April 17, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Due to a new tax law (House Bill 315) that takes effect immediately, businesses can exempt the first $100,000 of their personal property value under one ownership in any county. Businesses with locations in more than one county in Idaho can exempt up to $100,000 of the personal property value in each county in which the property is located

EUGENE, OR - April 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Searching for homes around Birmingham, Michigan just became monumentally simpler, thanks to the partnership between broker Larry Eskildsen and IDX, Inc. The innovative IDX solution Eskildsen has enabled on his website makes the online property search easier for everyone involved. Home seekers can narrow the RealComp MLS (RealComp) based on their needs and desires, without ever leaving the dynamic search page Eskildsen has established.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - April 3, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Eleven Pocatello-area REALTORS® will be honored for connecting homebuyers to affordable home loans through Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA). In the past two years, they and other REALTORS® in the area have helped 289 homebuyers purchase homes with Idaho Housing Home Loans worth more than $30.5 million

BOISE, ID - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- April 15 is the final day to submit applications to your county assessor for Idaho’s Property Tax Reduction (Circuit Breaker) Program, according to the Idaho State Tax Commission.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 29, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Justin D. Schoenauer, 41, also known as Corey J. Schoenauer, a resident of Twin Falls County, Idaho, was sentenced late yesterday in U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho to 27 months in prison for income tax evasion. Schoenauer was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $429,436 in restitution. Schoenauer was indicted in February 2012 and pleaded guilty to the offense on Oct. 30, 2012

Boise, ID - March 28, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Idaho Department of Finance announced today that effective April 1, 2013, the national test for mortgage loan originators (MLOs) seeking licensure in Idaho will include a new uniform state test component. Idaho is one of 25 initial states to adopt the uniform state test, although additional states are expected to follow suit in the coming months.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - February 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Ten North Idaho REALTORS® will be honored for connecting homebuyers to affordable home loans through Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA). In the past two years, they and other REALTORS® in the area have helped 195 homebuyers purchase homes with Idaho Housing Home Loans worth more than $28 million.

Washington, D.C. - February 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, today delivered the following remarks during a Banking Committee hearing on Wall Street Reform and Oversight

BOISE - February 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mark Dunham has been appointed to the seven-member Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) Board of Commissioners.