Colorado western slope vs Idaho panhandle mountain towns (bought)

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by IdahoBroker

Weiser is a quaint little town. Easy access to I-84 and near the Idaho/Oregon border. If you are looking at rural places like that, you might even check out Council and New Meadows, Idaho. I met with a builder two weeks ago who builds in Council and we are looking to have him build a home on the Golf Course in New Meadows for my son who works in McCall. McCall is more of a resort town so the Airbnb market and the expanding ski resort (Brundage) has made it unaffordable for my son so he has to drive till he qualify's.

To give you an idea, there are 3new homes being built in Council on that golf course is ranging from 1400-1600 sq. ft. single levels with 2+ garage bays priced from $435K - $470K.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for that info.

[Mister Torgue]

1,400-1,600sq.ft. for over $430k? [mod cut] I think it’s time for a large rate hike. I hope this real estate bubble pops soon.

[movedintime]

Originally Posted by Mister Torgue

1,400-1,600sq.ft. for over $430k? [mod cut] I think it’s time for a large rate hike. I hope this real estate bubble pops soon.

If Airbnb's could be eliminated, that would also help.

[movedintime]

Originally Posted by Heron31

Isn't that one of those freedoms people around here fear losing? Surely you don't want to do away with private property?

Of course I wouldn't want to do away with private property. Please don't take things out of context.

Airbnb's suck up the housing inventory for locals. Probably the same problem in Colorado and across the country.

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by movedintime

Of course I wouldn't want to do away with private property. Please don't take things out of context.

Airbnb's suck up the housing inventory for locals. Probably the same problem in Colorado and across the country.

Just like turning residences into rentals. Neighborhood becomes unstable without pride & ownership homeowners brings vs. renters.

[banjomike]

Originally Posted by Mister Torgue

1,400-1,600sq.ft. for over $430k? [mod cut] I think it’s time for a large rate hike. I hope this real estate bubble pops soon.

There such a nationwide home shortage I doubt the bubble will ever pop for at least a decade. And maybe even longer here, if our immigration rate stays at the present level.

I admit to being myopic though; really, I've only paid close attention to how its growing here in my home town. Growth everywhere else is something I only know about with second-hand info, and some of that is bound to be more rumor that substance.

Here in Idaho Falls, every national trend always comes late and sticks around longer afterward than in most other areas of the state and the nation.
It's not like Idaho Falls has ever been a city that clings to its past, either. I.F. has always been forward-looking because it's so entrepreneurial here.
Boom times may come late here, but when they come, Idaho Falls always jumps on them with both feet to make the most that can be gotten from the boom.

Back in the 2000s, Idaho Falls was already growing faster than it ever grew in the past, and the local home builders were counting on those cheap and easy mortgages to last forever, so as usual, they over-built because the mortgage bubble arrived here late.

I've seen this happen before. It happened in the mid 1950s, the mid-1970s, and the mid-1990s.

That left some very large subdivisions here full of empty completed homes when the mortgage bubble collapsed and imploded in 2008. Some buyers got new houses very cheaply just then when they jumped on the panic.

But then, those subdivisions were left half-empty until the 2010s were in mid-decade. By 2018, immigration had grown large enough the unsold and half-built homes of 2005 were all finished and sold, and new construction, especially multi-unit dwellings, was booming by 2018.

The boom is still on 5 years later, and shows no signs of slowing, but housing still hasn't caught up to demand.

In the past, there were always more homes available than buyers for them. Not now, long after recovery came. To me, this is an early signal a bigger and longer-lasting change is happening now than in the past.

[mlulu23]

Originally Posted by cleosmom

Back when I was working, a string of cloudy days didn't tend to bother me so much. I'm not sure if that's because I was out and about and working under florescent lights? However this Winter has bothered me. Don't get me wrong, I love Winter and some great snow storms, its the useless cloudy days that get to me. I finally went and bout the daylight light bulbs for every light and that helped in a large way.

Would you have a link for the brand of daylight bulbs you like? Thanks, and sorry if this has been answered already.

[George Tirebiter]

Originally Posted by banjomike

The boom is still on 5 years later, and shows no signs of slowing, but housing still hasn't caught up to demand.

We've been in Boise for ten years and have watched the Treasure Valley developments sprawl like a ravenous cancer over the last 6 years. We even got a bit of the rot across the street when a rent seeker (from....wait for it....California) turned the house into a motel ($300 a night). Quality of life here has been steadily going south. Businesses that have survived the fake pandemic (so far) are doing well, but long time customers have to wait for service like never before. More and more people are having to move out of the area in order to afford housing. Some of the housing scarcity problem may be being relieved by the increase in deaths over the last 2 years, particularly since the life saving 'vaccines' were 'offered' to the public.

Once this colossal, everything bubble of a 'boom', collapses, a lot of folks here are going to get a rude awakening. It's going to be far worse than the 2008 bubble, which was never allowed to flush out all of the dead banks and corporations, or bad bets and investments. The Fed owners and their cronies have sucked about as much wealth out of the U.S. population as they can get. When they collapse this baby it's going to be quite a ride. Rest assured, though, that they've got a solution waiting in the wings to save the day.....UBI and digital currency, along with your own Universal Digital Identity and a Social Credit System (just like China's), and your own personal tracking/targeting device to make it all come together.

[nowhereman427]

Originally Posted by George Tirebiter

We've been in Boise for ten years and have watched the Treasure Valley developments sprawl like a ravenous cancer over the last 6 years. We even got a bit of the rot across the street when a rent seeker (from....wait for it....California) turned the house into a motel ($300 a night). Quality of life here has been steadily going south. Businesses that have survived the fake pandemic (so far) are doing well, but long time customers have to wait for service like never before. More and more people are having to move out of the area in order to afford housing. Some of the housing scarcity problem may be being relieved by the increase in deaths over the last 2 years, particularly since the life saving 'vaccines' were 'offered' to the public.

Once this colossal, everything bubble of a 'boom', collapses, a lot of folks here are going to get a rude awakening. It's going to be far worse than the 2008 bubble, which was never allowed to flush out all of the dead banks and corporations, or bad bets and investments. The Fed owners and their cronies have sucked about as much wealth out of the U.S. population as they can get. When they collapse this baby it's going to be quite a ride. Rest assured, though, that they've got a solution waiting in the wings to save the day.....UBI and digital currency, along with your own Universal Digital Identity and a Social Credit System (just like China's), and your own personal tracking/targeting device to make it all come together.

I am also seeing lots of new homes popping up for sale in Meridan and they are not affordable.

[Syringaloid]

Originally Posted by George Tirebiter

We've been in Boise for ten years and have watched the Treasure Valley developments sprawl like a ravenous cancer over the last 6 years. We even got a bit of the rot across the street when a rent seeker (from....wait for it....California) turned the house into a motel ($300 a night). Quality of life here has been steadily going south. Businesses that have survived the fake pandemic (so far) are doing well, but long time customers have to wait for service like never before. More and more people are having to move out of the area in order to afford housing. Some of the housing scarcity problem may be being relieved by the increase in deaths over the last 2 years, particularly since the life saving 'vaccines' were 'offered' to the public.

I think the quality of life is better now than it's been in years. Almost the entire nation is dealing with long waits for services, it's all over the national news.

If a person moves out of the area you can bet a dozen newcomers will replace that person as Boise and Idaho are among the fastest growing cities/states in the nation.
Our mayor and city council has done a great job at keeping peace in Boise throughout the worst of the pandemic, even when the far right whack jobs would come from outside of Boise to cause contention last year. We made it and have one of the best economies in the nation.

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The Boise area has been growing at a good clip the past 25 years. You sound angry. I hope no one you knew suffered or died from covid.