Fidelity National Title Idaho Blog

About this time last year, I was planning and forecasting for a banner year — and, in fact, most of the first quarter of 2020 lived up to my expectations.

We all know what happened next.

Tags: Letter From Phil, Phil Archer, COVID-19

When I look at national home building and selling trends, there’s always a caveat listed: These numbers apply everywhere except Idaho.

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If you feel like you’re just barely staying afloat in this dynamic market, it’s time to build your own life raft with market stats.

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A flurry of surveys about how the pandemic has changed buying habits dropped last month, contributing to a growing body of evidence that the housing market is nothing like it was even a year ago.

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The Treasure Valley housing market has smashed every expectation for yet another month, and I am in the very weird place of sounding like a broken record of optimism.

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We don’t say this lightly: The newest addition to our already successful tool, startSafe, is a game changer. Starting soon, you’ll be able to deposit earnest money in seconds using a mobile app — just like you do for your own checking account. It’s simple. It’s intuitive. And it’s about to save home buyers and sellers a whole lot of hassle.

Tags: Letter From Phil, Phil Archer, Security, Earnest Money, startSafe

After months of uncertainty, it is time to get excited! We are busier at Fidelity National Title than we have ever been, and that’s great news — it means our market has made an almost immediate bounceback from the slowdown this spring.

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It’s almost surreal to look back at the way I was living my life in February and early March. My family and I were constantly on the move — not only was I busy with work, but my wife was busy handling the packed schedules of five kids. Our lives were a nonstop race to the next event, the next deadline, the next goal.

Tags: Letter From Phil, Phil Archer, Coronavirus, Safety, Health

When we were planning this newsletter, I thought I would write about current market conditions. But, as you know, the only thing we can be certain about right now is uncertainty. (Don’t worry, I promise this column won’t be all doom and gloom.)

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We’re almost to the end of another Idaho Legislature session, and our lawmakers are still considering several bills that could have major impacts on our industry. We’ll walk through the basics of those bills in just a moment, but before we do, I’d like to extend a friendly reminder.

Tags: Letter From Phil, Phil Archer, Legislature, Property Taxes