The first time home buyer tax credit and the homeowner tax credit will be over soon! Offers must be written by April 30th 2010 and close by June 30th 2010. Time to start looking if you haven’t started or narrow down your options if you have been looking already. The tax credit for first time home buyers is $8,000 and $6,500 for previous or existing homeowners, conditions do apply so contact your CPA, lender or I for more details.

There are some great deals in Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Star and Kuna areas, don’t miss this great opportunity!

If you have any questions or would like to get started finding your new home please feel free to contact me, I look forward to hearing from you!

Well this could all change, developers are looking to put one in on Chinden by the Foxtail Golf Course. They need help getting the site approved, there is a lot of opposition from the Foxtail Subdivision. So if you would like to see this go forward you can attend the Eagle City Council Meeting December 15th, if you can not make it to the meeting please send letters and/or emails to the addresses below. Here is your chance Trader Joe’s fans, to finally have a store here in the Boise area.

Eagle City Council email address – eaglecity@cityofeagle.org

Eagle Mayor – pbandy@cityofeagle.org

Mailing address – 310 E. State Street Eagle, ID 83616

Legacy is located in beautiful Eagle Idaho, it is the first community of its kind. Legacy is a “lifestyle community” built for the active family. Besides having walking paths through out, beautiful landscaping with common areas to play, Legacy has something new, they are the first community in Idaho and the first in the nation to be an active “lifestyle community”.

This new concept for a neighborhood is drawing a lot of attention, here is why…

Legacy features:

Hamm – Chastain – Foudy Soccer Academy
Which includes: Olympic size soccer field, practice field and training stations.

Nicklaus Golf Academy
Which includes: Dual sided practice range, 3 hole practice course and short game practice areas

Spitz Swim Academy
Which includes: Olympic size swimming pool and resort pool

Courier Tennis Academy
Which includes: Indoor and Outdoor courts

Signature Fitness
Which includes: Cardio, weights, classrooms and speed academy
All of the academy programs are reserved for the residents.

Home Prices:
Legacy will have approximately 1,300 homes
Sizes ranging from 1,800 – 4,000 square feet
Prices start at $249,000

Pictures of the community

Tree lined streets and walking paths

Beautiful landscaping with many water features

Soccer Academy

Golf Academy

(The remaining academies will be completed in the future)

Here is a map of the Legacy Neighborhood, for more information click on the push pin.

Map of Legacy Neighborhood

• Information by:
  Megan Schomer – “Your Idaho Home Agent”
  A Boise Real Estate Agent with;
  RE/MAX Elite Properties
  A Boise, Idaho Brokerage.