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Washington, DC - August 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- “In Idaho, we know the impacts of catastrophic wildfires firsthand. During fire season, many of us are impacted indirectly, and some have felt the heat of the flames as they have fought to protect their homes and livelihoods. As a lifelong Idahoan, I have seen where catastrophic fires have scorched the land so badly that nothing will grow. That’s why, as Chairman of the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, it’s easy for me to understand the value of providing land managers and firefighters with the resources they need to manage and put out fires.

COEUR D’ALENE - August 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Idaho Housing and Finance Association (IHFA) will hold a free workshop for landlords at 3 p.m., Monday, Aug. 19, at its branch office, 915 W. Canfield Ave., Coeur d’Alene.

Boise, ID - August 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Gavin Gee, director of the Idaho Department of Finance, today announced that starting September 1, the Department will begin using the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS) to manage consumer finance company, payday lender and collection agency licenses on a voluntary basis. Mortgage licensees have been on NMLS since 2008 and money transmitters since 2012. The department now has 3,027 licensees using NMLS.

BOISE, IDAHO - June 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Residents in 14 Idaho counties can estimate their 2013 property taxes by visiting the Idaho State Tax Commission’s website at tax.idaho.gov. The “Quick Picks” section on the home page links to a calculator that allows taxpayers to estimate what they will owe

Boise, ID - June 6, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- 6,564 Idahoans will receive a check this month for approximately $1,480, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. The payments to borrowers are a result of the National Mortgage Settlement negotiated by state attorneys general and the federal government in 2012.

Boise - June 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division has rescheduled an informational presentation on foreclosure issues in Fort Hall, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said. The Fort Hall presentation originally scheduled for January was canceled due to weather conditions

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.

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

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.