Kelly Exline

Idaho Unemployment Numbers Down!

Unemployment numbers have hit a 2 year low, dipping below the national average to 8.8%. Nationally the lower unemployment numbers are said to include an unknown number of individuals who have given up on the possibility of finding work…hope that isn’t the case locally! I do know that people are finding jobs here. Micron Technology for one has been on a major hiring frenzy this past year and the sad think is most of the recruits are coming in from out of the area. They seem to have exhausted our pool of local talent.

Kelly Exline

“Nobody’s Market”

That was the headline in this weeks Idaho Business Review. I thought it was well put. If you look at the local stats, which a few national new sources have done, one would say it has to be a sellers market in Boise. Read more

Kelly Exline

Boise Housing Inventory at Historic Low

Those in the field have felt this trend deepening since the middle of summer. All of a sudden we had more buyers than desirable inventory and the ‘good stuff’ was Read more

Kelly Exline

Boring, Boring, Boring Boise…

well at least the weather is and I for one am grateful. This has been a crazy year for weather across the country: tornadoes, hurricanes, epic snow storms, flooding, earthquakes, drought, tsunamis, massive fires, ice storms but here in Boise it is rather dull. It seems like a number of years ago I saw Boise Read more

Kelly Exline

Housing Inventory is Low!

Ada County housing inventory is at historic low levels. In July 2007 we hit a high of 5198 available homes for sale, today we have less than half that many homes available (only 2538!). Read more