When you think of Garden City, Idaho you might think of Chinden Boulevard, industrial warehouses, and auto repair shops. It’s time to think again.
Garden City’s Surel Mitchell Live-Work-Create District is breathing new life into the area right outside downtown Boise near the river, and the up-and-coming community gathering there is turning heads.
The Live-Work-Create District is named for late artist Surel Mitchell who chose Garden City for the location of her studio and home.
Today, Mitchell’s vision of a mixed-use neighborhood with an artsy twist is coming to life, giving Garden City a completely reinvented mystique. The Live-Work-Create District has an avant-garde, do-it-yourself, community-based feel that appeals to many residents:
Traffic was brisk at a recent open house in Northwest Boise. All told, 32 groups of potential home buyers made their way through the new listing in less than three hours.
Despite an ever-increasing supply of homes for sale, prices remain stubbornly high.
For the first time in more than four years, total inventory has increased for the fourth month in a row.
Helped by lower mortgage rates, the slight increase in available homes for sale has been met by strong demand from buyers.
The newest homes sales data shows the median single-family home price in Boise jumped to $314,500, setting a new record high.
This is an increase of nearly $20,000 from last month and 14.36 percent jump from 12 months ago. The previous Boise home price record of
