News from the Knoff Group

Featured Listing: 3813 Equestrian Lane, Bozeman, MT

Pending.  Backup Offers Welcome. Schedule your showing with Marcie Hahn-Knoff today!  Call or Text 406-599-3530. MLS #190322.  Brand new Craftsman custom home under construction in Baxter Meadows. Built by Edge Construction. Tucked into an existing neighborhood with excellent views of the Bridger Range, this home features a bright and functional design and convenient location close …

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Belgrade School board votes to re-configure middle school

There have been quite a few shifts in how the schools in the Gallatin Valley service the children of the area.  Ongoing discussion about re-districting in Bozeman, redistricting for the elementary schools in Belgrade and a reconfiguration of the middle school in Belgrade are a few of the most recent. by Hannah Stiff, Belgrade News …

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The path less traveled: Young Montanans leave cities to farm

Back to the country – Montana is seeing quite a few younger folks leaving the city for life in the country. by Tom Lutey, Associated Press BRUSETT — It’s 9 a.m. and the vast Eastern Montana prairie in Casey Coulter’s windshield is giving way to piney hills and the snowcapped Little Rocky Mountains, which the …

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Bozeman builders will be allowed to defer impact fees

The City of Bozeman has decided to allow developers to ‘defer’ their payment of impact fees until the Certificate of Occupancy is granted – this allows builders to not have to ‘up front’ the cost of the fees at the start of construction, instead allowing them to be paid when the construction is completed.  Strangely …

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Is your vacation rental legal?

The City of Bozeman requires vacation rentals to be permitted.  This is an interesting article that ran in last Sunday’s paper about the issue. by Amanda Ricker When the housing market collapsed in Bozeman, Phil Sgamma feared the bank would foreclose on his home. He began renting to tourists to make ends meet. “It did …

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Gallatin Field breaks more flight records

You can get here from there and there from here!  The ease of travel to and from Gallatin Valley is a bit of an insider secret. And the airport is only growing…. From the Belgrade News. More people are flying in and out of the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport than ever before. According to numbers …

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Buyer’s Remorse – What it is and how to deal…

This is an interesting little piece that, though not directly related to real estate, is something that can commonly happen in any sales transaction.  The dreaded Buyers Remorse – just what is it and what causes it exactly? Taken and adapted from the March issue of Bozeman Magazine – article by Tom at Small Town …

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Exempt well bill passes Senate – via Daily Chronicle

Water issues are front and center in Montana right now.  This well bill will hopefully help ease some tensions that have been rising lately. On Wednesday, legislators struggled with the recurring issue of water well exemptions in an effort to stave off the increasing conflict between developers and landowners and water rights holders, including agricultural …

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