| With a landscape that ranges from subalpine to | | | | backgrounded by snow covered mountains. |
| desert, granite mountains to fertile farms, lakes | | | | Boise's real estate market is booming. |
| and waterfalls to canyons and gorges, Idaho is a | | | | Boise is poised to be the No. 1 market for |
| study in geographic diversity. This mountainous | | | | appreciation in 2006. For its attractive business |
| state is a frequent destination and is experiencing | | | | and career development, climate, low cost-of-living |
| growth. Prices are starting to appreciate. In | | | | and other factors, Boise has a real estate market |
| particular, Boise is seeing an influx of out of | | | | enjoying the area's own economic prowess as |
| staters as evidenced by the booming real estate | | | | well as move-over demand from hot pockets in |
| businesses claiming to be 'relocation experts.' | | | | Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada. |
| Boise and Nampa, the southwestern Idaho region | | | | Median home prices are just over $200,000 and |
| is the most secure place to live in the United | | | | just about equal to the national median, put at |
| States among large metropolitan areas, according | | | | $209,000 in February, according to the National |
| to the third annual Farmers Insurance Group of | | | | Association of Realtors. There are also low |
| Companies study. Boise City also made Farmers' | | | | mortgage rates available in Boise and it has strong |
| 2005 list of most secure places to live. It means | | | | rental market, too. |
| this area has the least extreme weather, natural | | | | And finally, The area's strong economic |
| disaster, terrorist threat, crime and job loss. | | | | infrastructure has generated only a 3 percent |
| Boise, Idaho's capital city, located in southwestern | | | | unemployment rate. Boise is the headquarters for |
| Idaho, is known to has a small, but strong real | | | | several major companies including Albertsons, |
| estate market. The city has real small town feel | | | | Hewlett Packard, Micron Technology, J.R. Simplot |
| and it's an amazing sight to see modern highrise | | | | Company, as well as Washington Group |
| buildings rising out of total greenery, then | | | | International, Inc. |