Sun, 04 May 2008 09:21:13 GMT
Buyers strike while interest is low (Coeur d'Alene Press)
COEUR d'ALENE -- The Idaho Housing and Finance Association is cranking out mortgage loans at a furious rate in Idaho, with about 10 percent being made in Kootenai County as homebuyers rush to take advantage of dropping prices and interest rates that remain low.
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Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:21:13 GMT
Regional bank earnings mixed (Coeur d'Alene Press)
COEUR d'ALENE -- North Idaho banks are feeling the pain of the national economic crisis, but some are faring better than others.
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Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:05:49 GMT
Developer unveils new way to lure condo buyers (The Spokesman-Review)
KELLOGG – The developers of Silver Mountain Resort say they want to transform Idaho’s Silver Valley from a “Superfund Site to a Super Fun Site.” But if you’re a local, you may never get a chance to play in the super-fun water park they’re building.
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Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:56:26 GMT
Resort market insulated from U.S. housing trend (Whitefish Pilot)
What does future hold for Whitefish? A local real estate appraiser says Whitefish's home-sales market has so far been insulated from problems sweeping the nation because the area is "maturing" into a resort real estate market similar to Sun Valley, Idaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyo.
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Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:15:41 GMT
9:13 p.m. -- Warm Springs Counseling Center will get some land after judge rules on century-old deed (The Idaho Statesman)
The Children’s Home Society of Idaho will benefit from a judge’s finding that it owns the land on which Cole Elementary School sits — a prime piece of real estate at one of Idaho’s busiest intersections.
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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMT
Idaho First Bank Reports First Quarter Results (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Today Idaho First Bank reported financial results for the first quarter of 2008. The Bank experienced significant growth during the quarter. Loans grew to $36.7 million, a 66% increase from the first quarter of 2007, and more importantly a 35% increase from the $27.1 million balance at the end of 2007.
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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:45:32 GMT
Pump project opposed (Herald Journal)
Carolyn Nebeker, right, voices her opposition to the Hook Canyon Pump Project as Jim Puglisi of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission listens during a scope meeting Wednesday in Fish Haven Idaho.
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Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:16:51 GMT
Landowner denies poaching trout (San Jose Mercury News)
If he wanted a steelhead trout, said Luke Brugnara, he would have flown to Idaho to catch one. The colorful San Francisco real estate tycoon was indicted this week for poaching endangered steelhead trout from a creek on his Gilroy property.
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Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:57:12 GMT
Central Idaho officials trying to lure more teachers (The Olympian)
Officials in the resort area of central Idaho are trying to head off a possible teacher shortage they foresee being caused by high home prices that teachers can't afford.
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Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:58:25 GMT
Jerry Brady Looks At Hailey (Boise Weekly)
Or at least, his publishing company is looking at Hailey. According to this news break from the I daho Mountain Express , Brady's Post Publishing Company in Idaho Falls is looking at joining an effort to buy the Wood River Journal in Hailey. Read BW 's story on the newspaper scuffle here . And, as always,...
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Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:32:20 GMT
In High Prices, Moribund Mines Find a Silver Bullet (New York Times)
The high price of silver has revived an Idaho mining community, where miners are, once again, the backbone of the local economy.
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Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:47:19 GMT
A Mining Town Is Revived (New York Times)
The town of Wallace, Idaho, in the Silver Valley, remains a tiny triangle of 890 people and dozens of historic red-brick buildings. The real estate market is slowing, while once-struggling or -shuttered mines have been awakened.
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Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:17:34 GMT
Former employee suing Tamarack Resort (Fox 12 Idaho)
Associated Press - April 2, 2008 4:04 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Troubled Tamarack Resort is facing another lawsuit. Rory Veal, former vice president for real estate sales at the resort,...
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Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:13:20 GMT
Fore sale (Coeur d'Alene Press)
POST FALLS -- Prairie Falls Golf Club is for sale for $6 million, leaving 242 property owners in limbo wondering whether they'll be viewing greens or more homes in the future and whether North Idaho will lose an option for affordable golf.
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Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:54:49 GMT
03/27/08 Death Notices (Yakima Herald-Republic)
Virginia Kraft, 82, of Yakima died Wednesday. Mrs. Kraft was born in Rigby, Idaho, and moved to the Yakima Valley when she was a young child. She was a homemaker.
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