Foreclosure Factors In The Boise Idaho Real Estate Industry

The Boise Idaho real estate market was devastated in 2009, with just fewer than 5% of all homes in the area being foreclosed upon that year. Boise has had a year over year increase in foreclosures of 103%, besting the previous record of 2008, putting Boise atop the nations list of highest foreclosure rates. Area homeowners are being forced to go back to the drawing board when they consider they live in the 24th most troubled real estate market in the nation. With so many people in construction due to the rapid development the town experienced over the past 10 years, the 10.1% unemployment figures make sense but do not help.

With a number of toxic components, the Boise Idaho real estate market has to have a few issues addressed. Its population has more than doubled since 1980, and its economy has diversified over the past half century. Attracting high tech businesses, in addition to the city's largest employer, Micron, is a major focus of local government.

Most burgeoning cities experience a certain amount of trauma and the Boise Idaho real estate market had its share. Over the course of the boom period, home prices skyrocketed by about 80%, according to a major housing index. Pricing decreases of upwards to 35% have since plagued the market.

Local economics experts indicate that the foreclosure crisis is due to two main causes, a rather large economic slowdown and a rush of speculation in the Boise Idaho real estate market. As more people are looking for housing during times of fast growth, speculation becomes more prevalent.

When prices started to slow down, the speculators pulled out, driving prices down further and entangling some buyers underwater. Many flippers were caught in the downswing and lost their property. Correspondingly, jobs began to disappear too. High tech jobs went through a serious round of layoffs with about 2000 Micron employees and hundreds of HP workers losing their jobs, increasing the misery index on the Boise Idaho real estate market.

According to one local economist, local home construction has nearly completely halted. Despite suffering through much less damaging crises than other areas of the west, the Boise Idaho real estate market has had its share of pain, but will rebound in the near future.

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