Economy News

August 2009 Residential Real Estate Market Graph - Wed, 09/30/2009

 Good news for the local real estate market! Residential inventory in the Bozeman/Belgrade area is down! Fewer available homes on the market is the first step towards home price stabilization. The Belgrade area shows the most promise as the August 2009 inventory level is lower than it was in August 2006.

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The Art of the “Short Sale” - Mon, 07/19/2010

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10 Best Affordable Mountain Towns for Retirement - Fri, 07/16/2010

 Every morning, Warren Hill wakes up to sunshine and a view of the mountains. Since retiring from the National Park Service in 1997, a job that took him to many of America's most beautiful places, he chose to settle in Colorado Springs, Colo. "I hiked 5 miles this morning and I got home by noon," says Hill.

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Stay a Week…or a Lifetime - Thu, 06/24/2010

With the official first day of summer just behind us, expect to feel an intensified energy coming to the Bozeman area in the form of excited tourists from all over the world anticipating a great vacation.  Some have been here before and are returning to continue their annual adventure, others are here to experience Southwest Montana’s beauty for the first time, and a number are decid

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More Good News in Big Sky - Tue, 06/01/2010

Regional and national buyers are recognizing the values within the Big Sky market and are buying their legacy properties in record numbers. We’ve broken some stats down for you showing residential and condo inventory and sales for the last three years.

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More Good News: Residential Inventory, Sold Units & Sales Prices - Wed, 05/26/2010

We're happy to report good news! We release market statistic updates and email our Market Watch newsletter monthly. If you would like to receive our monthly Market Watch email, simply visit the home page (http://www.ERALandmark.com) and enter your name and email into the form or contact us. (info@eralandmark.com or 800-788-2372)

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Is the Resort Market Returning? - Mon, 05/24/2010

When you hear the term “resort market”, many different visions may come to mind.  You could picture turquoise water and pristine, white, sandy beaches.  Or images of snow-capped mountains and miles of groomed ski trails might come to the forefront.  Yet one commonality of resort markets is the abundance of second-home owners in the vicinity.  These markets genera

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Positive Pending Sales - Tue, 05/04/2010

For those who are involved with real estate, the first signs of spring often signal the beginning of a hopefully busy selling season.  Sellers commence sprucing up their homes a little more thoroughly, and buyers start to take it up a notch from casually perusing the Sunday ads. 

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March Market Stats - Fri, 04/30/2010

As residential inventory within the Bozeman city limits continues to stabilize, sales in the month of March doubled the number of sales from January and February 2010 combined. The number of sales for the month of March was also up from the same period last year. Since January 1-March 31, 2010 forty-two individual homes changed hands.

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The New ERA - Tue, 04/20/2010

On March 14th, nearly one year after assuming the role, Charlie Young, president and chief executive officer of ERA Franchise Systems LLC, addressed over 2,000 of his network’s members at their annual convention to reveal the first of several planned phases to reveal the brand’s new direction. Mr.

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