Bozeman is gaining major national exposure lately as a member of many Best Town short lists. Previously Bozeman was nominated as Powder Magazine’s Best Ski Town Winter 2012, coming in second only to Rossland/Nelson B.C. And Fodors in March 2013 as one of the top 10 small towns in America. BOZEMAN, Mont. – Outside magazine …
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More good news for Real Estate. April 2013 Jobs Report Shows Strength For Housing Sector The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Non-farm Payrolls and National Unemployment Rate for April last Friday. These two reports are collectively called the Jobs Report.165,000 jobs were added in April, while the unemployment rate dropped from 7.60 percent …
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Real estate taxes and the methodology that creates the final numbers can be confusing and frustrating at times – but it is a pill we have to swallow. The last cycle for property appraisal in Montana was in 2008 – and things have a tendency to shift in the six year cycles between appraisals. Our …
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Ongoing update as to the status of Spanish Peaks auction. The bid deadline has past. Looking towards the June 3 auction on the steps of the courthouse in Butte. CHG acquires Spanish Peaks’ debt By Joseph T. O’Connor Explorebigsky.com Editor BIG SKY – Cross Harbor Group, majority owner of the Yellowstone Club, has made a …
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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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Fed Zeroes In on Vulnerability to Rate Rise By Victoria McGrane | The Wall Street Journal – 13 hours ago The Federal Reserve is scrutinizing the nation’s biggest banks to ensure they can handle an eventual rise in interest rates, as concern grows among regulators about the risks posed by a long low-interest-rate environment. On Thursday, a …
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A group of local investors has applied to build two rows of four-story duplexes containing up to 40 homes on an entire city block downtown. HomeBase of Bozeman and investors have applied to the city Planning Department to build “Block M.” The proposed project is located just north of Main Street on the 1-acre block …
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The electrical line servicing Big Sky has been inadequate for quite some time. An EIS has been issued for the proposed route for a new transmission line through Gallatin Canyon and is now within its 45 day appeal period. Gallatin Forest to start electrical line upgrade by Bozeman Daily Chronicle Staff The Gallatin National Forest …
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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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