Boise Idaho Real Estate Blog - Selling A Home

2026 Housing Forecast: How Rates & Inventory Will Shape the Market

Stable prices, tighter inventory, and steady demand are shaping what could be a warm start to the year.

In Ada County, the median sold price finished December at $525,000, down nearly one percent from a year earlier. On its own, a year-over-year dip can sound like a directional change. For the full year, Ada County home prices increased 2.45% compared to 2024, reflecting normal single-digit appreciation rather than a rapid market reset.

The median home price in Canyon County rose to $435,000, up 6.47% from last year. Canyon County finished 2025 with prices up 6.41% year over year. That gap matters as Canyon County tends to be more affordability-driven, and when buyers are payment-conscious, demand often concentrates where monthly payments pencil…

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Ada County Sets November Price Record as Eagle Hits $1 Million

Despite higher mortgage rates and growing inventory, home prices in Ada County reached a new November record, climbing to $564,000, up 7.43% from last year. In Canyon County, home prices rose to $425,000, up 2.4% year over year. Both increases came even with more homes on the market than last year, a shift, but not one that’s been large enough to put downward pressure on prices.

November set a major record in Eagle, with a median sales price of $1 million, the highest ever recorded for the month. A suburb about 20 minutes west of Boise, Eagle has long been recognized for its luxury housing and newer, custom-built homes, making it one of the area's most established high-end markets in the Treasure Valley. Homes there took a median of 68 days to…

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21 Value-Building Home Improvements to Make Before Selling

Looking to sell your home? Then you’ve probably heard how sweat-equity can bring higher profit to your final sale. Yet, knowing exactly what home improvements are worth your time, money, and effort can get a little tricky.

Every house is different, and what’s best for your property depends on time, funding, the other homes in your area, and if your efforts will bring value to buyers.

The good news? You don’t need to take on a major remodel to increase resale value. These simple updates spark interest, help maximize profit, and go a long way towards wowing everyone who enters your home.

Don’t Make the #1 Home Improvement Mistake

Before you start any project, remember that there is such a thing as over-improving a home—you never want to put…

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How To Prepare Your Idaho Home for Winter

One of the best ways to celebrate winter is curling up on the couch with a hot drink and a good book. One of the worst ways is frantically calling an HVAC maintenance specialist during the first snowstorm of the year because your heat has suddenly stopped working. Yet many Treasure Valley homeowners still skip basic maintenance and home checks each season until they have an emergency on their hands.

That’s a hard and expensive lesson to learn–and one you can avoid with a few easy steps each fall. Below, we’ve outlined everything you need to keep in mind to get your Boise-area home ready for a cozy, emergency-free winter.

Inspect Your Roof

You may not be thinking of selling your home at the moment, but simple annual maintenance will save you a…

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1031 Exchange Basics: How to Defer Taxes When Selling Investment Property

What Is a 1031 Exchange?

A 1031 exchange, also known as a like-kind or Starker exchange, involves a number of rules and steps, but the short answer is that it allows you to sell one investment property and purchase another while deferring the capital gains tax you would normally owe on the profit.

For many investors, this is considered one of the most powerful tax advantages available when buying and selling real estate. That said, a 1031 exchange won’t be the best fit for every situation.

A conversation with your tax advisor or attorney can help you decide if a 1031 exchange is the best strategy for your goals. Your current tax profile, timeline, and other financial transactions should all be considered. In some cases, simply paying the capital…

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Are Solar Panels Right for Your Boise Home?

If there’s one thing Boise has an abundance of, it’s sun. Our fair city gets an average of 210 sunny days per year, which is a boon if you love the great outdoors – or if you’re thinking of making the switch to solar power. Google’s Project Sunroof, which helps communities explore their solar potential, estimates that 86% of Boise’s rooftops are solar viable.

There are other great reasons more homeowners in the Treasure Valley are considering solar energy – it’s a green, renewable energy source that can save you money on your monthly power bill. But since residential solar is still fairly rare in Boise, we’re here to walk you through the other factors you should take into account before you start putting up panels – like local installation costs,…

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Should You Buy a New Construction or Existing Idaho Home?

With inventory low in every Treasure Valley housing market, homebuyers are considering new builds more than ever before. But are they right for you?

If you love to watch HGTV, most of the houses you see people hunting are resales--homes that have been built by and owned by other families. Much of the drama in these shows (think House Hunters) derives from the terrible taste in home decor of the previous occupants and whether the new couple can overcome the "hardship" of an ugly paint color or unattractive carpet.

But with many markets across Idaho, and the country, experiencing inventory shortages, it’s becoming harder for buyers to find a home they love in many neighborhoods. That’s why more and more homeowners are turning to new construction.…

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Housing Shortage and Rising Construction Costs Plague Boise Market

Boise area home prices hit new highs in April, thanks to strong demand from homebuyers and continued near record-low supply.

If you’ve spent any time online looking for homes, or have taken a drive looking for “For Sale” signs, you’ve noticed: we are suffering from a stark lack of inventory in the Treasure Valley. This continues to limit the number of homes for sale – and help drive prices up.

While the number of available homes is slowly recovering from the height of the pandemic, total home sales remain well below levels you’d expect to see. Especially when you take into consideration that Ada and Canyon counties added 23,890 residents in the past year.

The combination of record-high prices, record growth, and near record-low sales is…

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Boise's Best Schools: Guide to the Top Public & Charter Schools

Buying a new home is much more than comparing square footage and lot sizes. Buying a new home means planting roots in a new community, discovering new favorite coffee shops, and perhaps most importantly, enrolling your children in new schools. We understand that all parents want what’s best for their children. Paramount of that is helping children get the best education for their learning style and needs. In fact, for many clients, finding the right school(s) for their children is a top consideration when selecting a new place to call home.

As the saying goes, "knowledge is power," but sifting through multiple websites and educational rankings to find accurate, up-to-date information can be daunting. That’s where we come in. We've done that…

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Boise Housing Market Forecast 2021: Outlook & Trends

At the beginning of 2020, no one could have predicted that within months the world would be battling a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, which would cripple both national and global economies. It was nearly inconceivable that local governments would be forced to limit or entirely shut down many business activities and that unemployment would rise to levels not seen since the Great Depression.

Just as no one could have predicted that national home sales would hit 14-year highs during this same time period, ringing in new price records in every major American city.

While it seems counterintuitive, what we’re seeing is two sides of the same coin. For better or worse, the roaring twenties have indeed arrived, and in Treasure Valley real estate at least,…

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