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Northwest Boise residents push back against housing density in zoning code proposal
Some in Northwest Boise has a bone to pick with the city’s proposed zoning code rewrite.
On Thursday evening, dozens of Boiseans from the city’s...
Data
Median home price crosses half-million mark in Ada, tops $400k in Canyon
The latest data on median home prices in Ada & Canyon Counties is out. And both areas crossed a key psychological threshold for...
Housing Crunch
‘Wow… is something going on with the real estate!:’ National TV lens focuses on Boise
It's the type of national exposure Boise leaders used to crave. A six-minute spot on the highly-watched CBS Sunday Morning program.
Correspondent David Pogue opened...
Housing Crunch
Yes, your property tax will go up, assessor said: “unprecedented” year
Boise property values are up 25%, due to an “unprecedented” year of real estate sales across Ada County, assessor Bob McQuade told the Boise...
Growth
‘Imminent peril’: Valley cities reevaluating development due to property tax legislation
Just shy of midnight on Monday, the Caldwell City Council declared "imminent peril" and enacted a six-month moratorium on residential development in response to...
Data
Exclusive poll shows Boiseans concerned the city isn’t doing enough for affordable housing, worried about investors
BoiseDev and Embold Research worked together to craft several polling questions to give a better sense of public opinion on key issues around housing...
Housing Crunch
Median home prices continue to climb in Ada & Canyon; 2C median nears $400,000
The median price of a home in Ada County jumped again in April, continuing to edge toward the $500,000 level for the first time....
Data
Most new Boise-area residents come from Idaho. The pandemic increased migration from California, too
As the Treasure Valley’s population keeps growing, the abnormality of 2020 only amplified the trends fueling the area’s boom.
The No. 1 state sending newcomers...
Business
‘On everybody’s radar’: As many as 1-in-5 Ada Co. homes not going to primary homeowners
Real estate markets are tight in markets across the country and it’s not just homeowners buying them.
The combination of record-low interest rates, a nationwide...
Data
Ada & Canyon home sales again hit a record, but national prices are rising fast, too
Ada and Canyon Counties saw another record month for the median price of houses sold in March. That's according to data from the...