The Blaine County Commissioners are considering a new, more efficient energy building code that would be implemented county wide should they adopt it. Under the proposed code, new homes more than 11,000 square feet in size would be required to have a Home Energy Ratings System (HERS) score of zero, effectively meaning all the home’s …
Local and Real Estate News
Massive Mortgage Changes
Big news in the real estate world today! Fannie/Freddie On Chopping Block –The white house came out with their mortgage reform options today, including the shut-down of Fannie/Freddie. There is a lot of analysis going on, here’s some from CNBC / CNN / WSJ The Obama administration laid out three broad options Friday for reducing …
Trulia’s American Dream Survey – Q1 2011
American Dream Still Lives Although foreclosures and underwater homes continue to plague the current housing market, 70% of Americans still view homeownership as being part of their American Dream. Millennials Driving Economic Recovery Although many of today’s young adults came of age during the housing crash, more than one in four (26%) say their views …
Market Snapshot: Ketchum – Sun Valley
Active MLS listing inventory (this report is single family homes only) in the Ketchum, Sun Valley areas has dropped from the peak in August 2010 of 176 listings to 120 listings in January 2011. New listings entered into the MLS has also dropped from a peak of 38 in June 2010 to 3 in January …
Ketchum’s Current Listings
Great News! I’m making headway creating new features that I hope will be of benefit for those interested in our local real estate market. Here is a sample of a new feature that will be integrated throughout the site – market snapshots, i.e. pictorials of various properties currently on the market. Listings are updated in …
Website Upgrade
Currently my website is going through major changes and an upgrade. Over the next few weeks you will see many changes taking place, plus will soon have the ability to interact with the site via posting questions and comments regarding our local real estate market here in the greater Sun Valley area. I am also …
