Economics
Regional Realtors president: Housing market healthy
Coeur d’Alene Regional REALTORS® Regional Realtors president: Housing market healthy Coeur d’Alene/Post Falls Press article: By BILL BULEY Staff Writer | January 9, 2024 1:09 AM COEUR d’ALENE — The number of single-family homes sold in 2023 in Kootenai County fell nearly 16% from 2022 and nearly 39% from the COVID year of 2021. According to the year-end…
Read MoreHigh rates faulted for real estate market slowdown
Coeur d’Alene Regional REALTORS® High rates faulted for real estate market slowdown Journal of Business acticle: By Erica Bullock December 21, 2023 Elevated interest rates are behind market slowdowns across both commercial and residential real estate sectors in Spokane and Kootenai counties this year, according to some real estate industry specialists. Dave Black, CEO of…
Read MoreNavigating The Growth of Kootenai County
Coeur d’Alene Regional REALTORS® Navigating The Growth of Kootenai County CDA Press Article: By BILL BULEY Staff Writer | October 25, 2023 1:08 AM COEUR d’ALENE — Maggie Lyons asked the question Tuesday that was on the minds of many: “Is it really possible to get homeownership into the hands of our low- to middle-class workers?” The answer,…
Read MoreCause for pause
Coeur d’Alene Regional REALTORS® Interest rates cause for pause CDA Press Article: By BILL BULEY Staff Writer | October 12, 2023 1:08 AM COEUR d’ALENE — Despite high mortgage interest rates, Kootenai County’s housing market is holding steady. According to the Coeur d’Alene Regional Realtors, the median price of a single-family home in Kootenai County was $525,000…
Read MoreHousing Options: Making Coeur d’Alene Affordable for Local Workers
While average rentals have not been climbing as rapidly as real estate, average rents in 2022 are 10 percent higher than they were just one year ago.
Read MoreHousing Economics 101: Supply vs. Demand 
If you live in northern Idaho, It has not escaped your notice that house prices in the Coeur d’Alene area have been experiencing a steep upward trajectory over the last few years.
Read MoreDesirability Drives Demand
In April, 2021, the Wall Street Journal’s real estate section stated that the Coeur d’Alene area was the hottest housing market in the country (it currently ranks in the top ten).
Read MoreFreedom and Property Rights
Private property rights were so fundamental to the founding of this nation that the framers of the Constitution took pains to embed them throughout the document.
Read MoreSmall businesses, cooperation bolster real estate
Coeur d’Alene Regional REALTORS® Originally published in RISMedia | By: Ron Phipps As more than 31 million small businesses across the country were recognized during National Small Business Week, it’s a good time to look at how small, local operations drive so much of the economy and search for ways to continue to level the…
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