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August
17

Tips to Make Your Home Look Spacious

If you have plans to sell your home, solid home staging can make your property more attractive to potential buyers. Feel like your home is lacking in space or worry that it feels cramped? A few simple changes will help make your home feel roomy and uncluttered during your showings and open houses. Here are some creative ways to spruce up your home so that it feels spacious and inviting.  

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August
13

 

How to Spot and Protect Against Scam Emails

From Your Friends at Integrity Computer Consulting and Repair

Spam, phishing, and spoofing emails are not legitimate and are phishing for account credentials to your email and/or Dropbox account.  If you have entered any credentials into any link from these types of emails, please call our office so we can help you secure your accounts.

Common Definitions of the Types of Malicious Emails: 

Spam email: usually commercial advertising; usually a result of signing up for something; an economi...

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August
12

 

Ada County Housing Market Sets Records in July

By Breanna Vanstrom, Chief Executive Officer, Boise Regional REALTORS®

 

In July, the median sales price for homes sold in Ada County reached $390,000, inventory bottomed out at 743, closed sales hit a high mark at 1,402, and pending sales soared to 2,046.

These were...

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August
11

 

 

The Services Sector Improves; Inflation Falls

 

Overview

Over the past week, the economic data continued to reflect a stronger than expected recovery following the partial shutdown due to the pandemic. Mortgage rates held relatively steady near-record-low levels.

The major economic reports have broadly revealed a rapid rebound in June and July from the historic weakness seen in April and May, and recent data from the services sector continued the trend. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Services Index rose to 58.1, which was well above the consensus forecast of 55 and the highest leve...

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August
3

Geocaching in Boise

Let's go on a treasure hunt in Boise! Even though we may be a few hundred years late for the Idaho Gold Rush, we're right on time to scour the City of Trees for a new kind of treasure. Saturday, August 15th, is International Geocaching Day and it's the perfect time to discover the unique gems hidden in plain sight! We challenge you to find these unique treasures hidden in the Treasure Valley.

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