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Home Buyer Tax Credit IRS Form

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 16 January 2010 16 January 2010; Hits: 15456 15456

If you're thinking about applying for the new $6,500 home buyer federal tax credit or the extended $8,000 version, the Internal Revenue Service has just issued its first formal guidelines for you.

Tops on the agency's list of advice: Cool it for a couple of weeks. Even if you qualify for one of the credits, don't send in any requests to the IRS quite yet. Wait until later this month when the agency publishes its revised Form 5405 with the key instructions needed to get you a check from the government.

Claim Your Home Buyer Tax Credit

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 11 January 2010 11 January 2010; Hits: 12813 12813

This is a great video that will answer a few basic questions in a simple to understand method for both:

First Time Home Buyers and

Repeat Buyers

Apply On-Line to Finance Your Idaho Home

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 09 January 2010 09 January 2010; Hits: 12970 12970

It's never been easier to apply for a loan!

You certainly don't want to lose that personal touch when working with a mortgage lender. And you certainly won't when you choose Leon Baker with First Mortgage Company in Nampa Idaho!

No Mortgage if You Lose Your Job

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 08 January 2010 08 January 2010; Hits: 12786 12786

Now there's no need to worry about paying your mortgage if you lose your job.

Introducing "Worry Free Mortgage Protection Program" from First Mortgage Co.

In the event that you lose your job or experience an unexpected financial setback, it may give you some peace of mind while you get back on your feet.

Idaho Short Sales Report Updated for 2009

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 07 January 2010 07 January 2010; Hits: 12271 12271

Boise Area Market Report:

Nampa Realtor, Don Wixom, Certified Short Sale & Foreclosure Resource (SFR), updates his Exclusive Short Sale Report as of year end, 2009.

This report shows year-end statistics for both bank owned homes and Idaho short sales as compared to traditional listings and sales.

If you or someone you know is close to losing their home to foreclosure or has recently lost a job or had a major life change not allowing them to continue their monthly mortgage payments, please download this report and contact Don Wixom, ASAP.

Download the 2009 Year-end Idaho Short Sales Report

Renovate that Idaho Foreclosure

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 05 January 2010 05 January 2010; Hits: 12741 12741

Conventional Rehabilitation Loans

Make over the house to fit your lifestyle...

"We really loved the house, BUT..."

You just toured a home you liked, in a great location. But it didn't have new carpet, had unattractive landscaping, or it needed new electrical wiring throughout the house. Perhaps the house's paint sorely needed updating, or the home just lacked the modern amenities you and your family look for.

Boise Idaho Home Prices

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 03 January 2010 03 January 2010; Hits: 13096 13096

Treasure Valley Historic Home Prices

After tracking our Idaho MLS statistics for the past few years, I have compiled the average SOLD prices for single family homes in the Nampa / Boise area.

As the graph shows, our peak prices were in the fall of 2006 and began to drop quickly. Canyon County experienced the most fluctuation in both rise and fall of average home prices in the Treasure Valley.

The graph for these Idaho Real Estate Statistics indicate we are currently at a pricing level similar to the beginning of 2005.

Happy New Year From Your Nampa Realtor

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 31 December 2009 31 December 2009; Hits: 13979 13979

Happy New Year From Your Nampa Realtor

Did you know:

The tradition of New Year resolutions originated about 4,000 years ago when the ancient Babylonians used them as a way to begin the year with a clear conscience, usually by returning borrowed items.

The song “Auld Lang Syne” — meaning “old long ago” — is sung at the stroke of midnight to celebrate the start of the New Year in almost every English-speaking country in the world. The word “syne” is pronounced like the word "sign." The song is an old Scottish folk lyric modernized by the poet Robert Burns in 1788.

The first ball drop in New York’s Time Square was in 1907. The ball was five foot wide and included 100 25-watt bulbs. The current New Year’s ball is a 12-foot-wide geodesic sphere encrusted with 32,256 super bright LEDs.

Garrity Interchange Construction in Nampa Idaho

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 30 December 2009 30 December 2009; Hits: 13591 13591

Construction at the Garrity Interchange

will begin the first week of January, 2010 and finish in June, 2011. Construction will affect traffic on Garrity Blvd./Idaho Center Blvd. and I-84.

The Idaho Transportation Dept. (ITD) invites you to attend an open house meeting regarding the roadway improvements.

The meeting will focus on traffic and noise impacts, planned closures and detour routes.

Garrity Exit

Nampa Realtor Earns SFR Designation

Details: Category: Market Updates Market Updates; Published: 25 December 2009 25 December 2009; Hits: 15289 15289

Nampa Idaho real estate agent, broker, owner, Realtor, Don Wixom with RE/MAX Executives in Nampa, Idaho, recently earned the "SFR" Designation, Certified by the National Association of Realtors.

Idaho Short Sales are becoming a larger portion of the market than ever before. Don Wixom is now a Certified Short Sale and Foreclosure Resource. (SFR)

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Don Wixom
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16201 Idaho Center Blvd.
Nampa, ID 83687
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What my clients say

"Thank you Don for your considerate and professional help on selling our house. Your informative correspondance we recieved before deciding to list it, got you the house, and your continued contact to let us know what efforts were being made to advertise and show the house were greatly appreciated. Showing mutual respect, we feel like we have made a new friend!"
~ Bill and Sharrel Cash, satisfied sellers

"Thank you so much for all of your efforts, patience, perseverance and professional behavior through the ordeal of selling our house. The way you dedicated yourself to your work and to our needs truly showed your eagerness and ability to help. Thank you again."
~ Jan Byers, satisfied seller

"Just wanted you to know that we really appreciate how smoothly the sale of our home went. It really could not have worked out any better. The wide marketing of our home you initiated really paid off. Thank you for a terrific experience. You have our highest recommendations, and we'll be more than happy to pass it along. God Bless!"
~ John and Jeanie Mowery, satisfied sellers

"We cannot thank you enough for your time and patience in finding our new home. There's no way we could've done it without you! You made all our dreams come true and we will always hold you dear for that."
~ Meguel and Kris Escutia, satisfied buyers

"Thanks to Don Wixom, we have been enjoying our new home for six months now. Don as the realtor selling our house worked very hard for us. He helped us through all the complex paperwork involved in making offers, getting a loan, etc. Don paid attention to detail and kept us well informed about how things were going. When things needed to be done, Don was readily available, seeing us through a home inspection, even crawling under the house in the dirt and cobwebs when we asked him to. Don was always only a phone call away. We still remember his phone number, we called him so much! Don has a wealth of experience and resources to offer. We would definitely recommend him to anyone wanting to buy or sell real estate."
~Scott and Naomi Watson, satisfied buyers

"We were long distance buyers. We had been through some major life changes in 2005 and had first contacted Don Wixom in August of 2006. He stood by us 2 1/2 years showing us houses, driving out to houses and emailing us pictures when we were unable to go ourselves, never knowing if he actually would have gotten a sale from us and he never complained or pressured us once.
He always treated us with great respect as if we were his only customer. Don has done more for us than we would have done for ourselves. He gave us great advice. He was always learning what it was that we were looking for. As our needs changed midway through our searching he adjusted to them.
His website allowed us to search the multiple listing service without addresses and phone numbers needing to be given. He would always check into and answer our questions and requests.
When buying or selling in Idaho we would never consider anyone but Don Wixom. He stayed with us for the long haul and we will stay with him."
Steve and Jean McBee, Buyers Nampa

"Thanks Don, for the link to IDX app for iPhone. Works great! All the information I need right at my finger tips! Thanks for always leading from the front!"
Ernie Garza, Buyer