Here it is in a nutshell, according to the Coeur d’Alene Press . . .

2007’s business top-10 list.

Silverwood doubles its size
Sportsman’s Warehouse & Cabela’s (the author didn’t specifically mention Cabela’s but he did reference 2 major sports retailers and only named Sportsman’s Warehouse - hum . . . )
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s $1.6 million dollar grant
World’s largest allergen raw production facility - Biopol Laboratory
LCF Amps - radio frequency amplifiers
Riverstone [...]

I need your help | It’s all about you! | What are you looking for in Coeur d’Alene?

As most people know, websites have the capability to run statistics on their visitors. This website shows me what pages you all like to look at most. Right now, hands down, you all visit the ‘Homes for Sale’ page 10x more than any other page on this site. Don’t get me wrong, [...]

Coeur d’Alene - Contender for Money Magazine’s Best Places to Live Top 100

My lovely home-town of Coeur d’Alene Idaho is a contender for Money Magazine’s Top 100 Best Places to Live, 2007. They’ve compiled some fairly accurate information (and quite a bit of info actually) about the area. Enjoy.

 

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Local Area Events in Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls Idaho: December 29th, 2007

Local Area Events:

December 28 - “Refuse to be a Victim.” This seminar is designed to offer men and women their own crime prevention and personal safety strategy. Center Target Sports - 1:00-5:00pm. Proceeds go to the Post Falls Women’s Shelter-OASIS. For more information call (20 773-2331.

December 31 [...]

Are you retiring ‘young’? Then you are likely to want to retire right here in Coeur d’Alene

After all, Money Magazine ranked Coeur d’Alene as the number one place to ‘retire young’.
Specific criteria used in making up the list of best places follow:

Population growth: We wanted positive growth since 1990.
Near major metropolitan area: within 100 miles.
Housing cost: below $350,000, with a few exceptions. We’re showing current median housing prices (asking prices) for [...]

Selling your home | Capital Gains Issues | What happens when my spouse dies?

Currently, homeowners who live in their home as their principle residence for 2 full years over the past 5 years are allowed to receive the profits from the sale of the home tax free, up to $250,000 in profits. If homeowners are married and file jointly, they can exclude up to $500,000 (or $250,000 [...]

Sperlings Best Places | Top 10 Best Places to Live | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Well, unfortunately Coeur d’Alene didn’t rank on the actual list of the Ten Best Places to Live. Where we did rank was on the Emerging Metropolitan Areas, number 5 in fact. My best guess as to what this means is that there aren’t enough people that know about Coeur d’Alene for us to [...]

A Short Sales Primer: For Buyers

In Volume One, A Short Sales Primer: for Real Estate Agents I talked about the knowledge required by real estate agents in order to successfully help buyers and sellers in their short sales transactions. Today I’m hoping to help those of you who are interested in buying a home that is a short sale.
Short [...]

Get the facts right before you ‘go off’ on your ‘doomsday foreclosure’ rant . . .

One commentor decided to state a supposed fact that foreclosures are up in Idaho 150+% in the past 12 months. Interesting, considering there not!!! I know where this commentor is getting their data - it’s from here. But, what that person fails to note is

November real estate sales (month-over-month) 1996 - 2007 | Kootenai County Real Estate

Here is a month-over-month analysis for residential real estate sales in Kootenai County. Please note, these numbers include only residential properties sold in Kootenai County (this information does not encompass the entire Coeur d’Alene Multiple Listing Service database).

 

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