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Getting Veterans Home Loans in Montana

Home Loan Products To Consider: Financing Southwest Montana Homes

VA Home Loans Flag On PorchIn lieu of conventional lending programs there are many other, more flexible programs available to help those desiring to achieve homeownership. Out of the many home loan programs available, the VA, FHA, and USDA programs are the more popular as each provides flexible eligibility requirements and competitive interest rates, in addition to other numerous benefits. 

All a potential homeowner has to do is simply pick whichever program best suits their needs, and, if they are eligible, begin enjoying a better home buying experience that will require less out-of-pocket expenses.

The VA Loan


Are you or were you a member of the military? Consider a VA loan. A VA home loan is a loan partially backed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and is available to veterans or active duty service members. Because the VA ensures part of each loan, borrowers receive flexible and competitive loan terms making it ideal for any prospective home buyer. Benefits of the program include:

· zero down payment 

· no required mortgage insurance

· flexible debt-to-income ratios

The FHA Loan


Looking to purchase your first home, or just wanting to update your current home? An FHA loan may be the best option for you. The FHA home loan program offers a variety of different programs to help borrowers purchase their first home, renovate a fixer-upper, or even update their current home to be more energy efficient. FHA even has a financing option for manufactured housing and mobile homes. Benefits accompanying a FHA loan include:

· 3.5% down payment

· low closing costs

· down payments can be made in the form of a gift

The USDA Loan


Looking to live outside city limits, or in a more rural area? A USDA loan might be for you. Through its Department of Rural Development, the USDA provides two types of loans:  a Guaranteed Housing Loan, and a more flexible option, the Direct Housing loan, for low-income households. In addition to offering the comforts of country living, a USDA loan offers:

· Zero down payment

· No mortgage insurance

· flexible credit guidelines

All of these home loan programs provide potential borrowers, even those with imperfect credit, with the opportunity to purchase a home. Over 75% of each of the program's participants would not have been able to achieve homeownership though a conventional loan. 

Although the programs all offer flexible eligibility requirements, many approved lenders will desire a mid-range credit score of at least 620.  Even if a potential borrower is concerned about their credit or their eligibility, they are still encouraged to apply as borrowers with a history of foreclosure and/ or bankruptcy have been approved in the past.

(Thanks to: Brandon Fischer is a blogger for VA Benefit Blog, a blog dedicated to keeping veterans up to date with all their VA benefits.)

4 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • July 15 2010 04:21PM

Al Roker and Today Show Lend A Hand To Bozeman To Tune Of $1.2M

Al Roker and NBC's Today Show hit Bozeman, Montana, giving  $1,230,000 to a local charity on the morning of the longest day of the year, June 22, 2010.

Al Roker Wagon JP Pomnichowski PhotoAt 4:45am Roker showed up at Bozeman's Eagle Mount, a local organization providing quality therapeutic recreational opportunities for people with disabilities or cancer.

Donations included nine acres of land adjacent to Eagle Mount's present location, a 15-passenger van, a quarter horse from Tom Brokaw, sports equipment, four solar panels, a truckload of ranch supplies from Murdoch's, and other gifts.

Al Roker is the face behind the Today Show's "Lend a Hand" charitable organization, which will visit five cities across the United States during the week of June 21th - 25th, 2010.

Lend a Hand "...helps small charities across the country that work toward improving conditions in their communities."

Thanks to JP Pomnichowski for the photo.

2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • June 22 2010 04:54PM

Daily Updates Bozeman Real Estate Listings From MLS Week 4 June 2010

NEW DAILY Bozeman MT Real Estate Listings, Week 4 June 20 - 26, 2010

All New Bozeman Properties added each morning, including properties from the cities and towns of Belgrade, Big Sky, Gallatin Gateway, Manhattan, Three Forks, and additional southwestern Montana cities.

Mls #      Type                Address                                          Price              Beds     Baths


Belgrade     
170749    SF +1   51 David Drive                                      $259,999.00  3 2
170755    SF -1   1302 Idaho Street                                 $212,000.00  3 3
170718    SF -1   569 Green Tree                                     $163,000.00  3 2
170685    TOWNH   204 9th Unit B                                    $142,000.00  3 3
170692    SF -1    102 9TH Street                                     $110,000.00  2 1
170708    SF -1    909 Yellowstone Avenue                        $189,000.00  4 2
170661    SF -1   306 Al Drive                                           $169,900.00  3 2
170671    MB +1   83 Red Oak Drive                                 $220,000.00  3 2
170674    SF -1   1108 Cardinal Dr                                    $165,000.00  3 2
170642    SF -1    53 Palomino Court                                 $199,950.00  3 2
170647    MB +1   6200 Dawn Drive                                   $339,000.00  3 2
170612    SF -1    358 W River Rock Drive                          $184,900.00  4 2
170616    SF -1    1108 Idaho Street                                  $239,900.00  4 2

Big Sky     
170742   CONDO   3 North Rim Drive                               $1,939,000.00  4 6
170752    CONDO   145 Pheasant Tail Lane Unit B               $429,000.00  3 3
170693    CONDO   69 Running Bear                                  $495,000.00  3 3
170694    SF +1   350 Misty Way                                     $1,750,000.00  5 5
170696    SF +1   46045 Knight Court                              $1,295,000.00  4 4
170713    CONDO   21 Sitting Bull Road                                $65,000.00  0 1
170615    CONDO    C17 Firelight                                         $99,900.00  2 2

508 S 8th Bozeman MLS 170644

Bozeman

170644
SF -1
508 S 8 th
$395,000.00
Beds 4 Baths 3

170746    CONDO   2663 Typha Court                             $189,900.00  3 3
170758    SF -1   3163 Hillcrest Drive                              $439,900.00  4 3
170762    MB -1   92 Bedivere Boulevard                          $17,900.00  3 2
170766    SF -1   1301 Wildflower Way                            $174,900.00  3 2
170768    SF +1   1700 Road                                         $899,000.00  4 3
170770    SF -1   519 S Tracy                                         $995,000.00  5 4
170717    SF +1   1500 Sundown                                    $365,000.00  5 3
170727    SF +1   7000 Moose Hollow                              $565,000.00  2 2
170729    CONDO   246 Stillwater Creek Drive                   $219,750.00  2 2
170730    SF -1   4789 Triumph                                      $299,950.00  5 3
170734    SF -1   301 N Grand Avenue                             $139,900.00  2 1
170735    TOWNH   2106 Buckrake Avenue                      $171,900.00  3 3
170736    SF -1   1160 Bur Ave                                       $209,950.00  3 2
170737    CONDO   268 Stillwater Creek Drive                   $219,750.00  2 2
170738    CONDO   2685 Typha Court                              $169,950.00  3 3
170740    SF -1   323 N Black                                          $895,000.00  4 3
170741    BUILT   TBD Lot 33 Medicine Wheel                   $239,900.00  2 2
170677    SF -1   209 Circle                                             $374,900.00  5 3
170678    SF +1   10109 Bridger Canyon Road                $1,550,000.00  3 3
170679    SF -1   208 Westridge                                      $348,500.00  4 3
170680    SF -1   305 S 13th Avenue                                $259,000.00  5 2
170681    SF -1   415 S 8th Avenue                                  $390,000.00  3 2
170682    SF +1   1131 Cougar Drive                                $659,000.00  4 5
170687    SF -1   119 W Lincoln Street                              $359,000.00  3 4
170699    CONDO   3300 Graf #79                                    $429,750.00  3 2
170700    CONDO   3300 Graf #80                                    $329,750.00  2 2
170702    CONDO   3300 Graf #83                                    $469,750.00  3 2
170705    SF -1   4325 Morning Sun Drive                          $499,900.00  4 3
170706    SF -1   73 Clifden                                             $315,000.00  4 3
170710    SF -1   3427 W Cascade Street                           $214,900.00  3 2
170648    SF -1    3123 Foxtail St.                                    $260,000.00  4 4
170656    SF -1    264 Dogwood Drive                               $234,000.00  3 2
170659    SF +1    14948 Pony Creek Road                       $575,000.00  4 3
170662    SF -1    940 Damarell Rd                                   $235,000.00  3 2
170668    CONDO 3341 N 27th Ave                                   $170,000.00  2 2
170676    SF +1    254 Meadowlark Drive                           $429,900.00  3 3
170677    SF -1    209 Circle                                             $374,900.00  5 3
170678    SF +1    10109 Bridger Canyon Road                $1,550,000.00  3 3
170628    SF -1   895 Mary Road                                        $289,900.00  4 3
170629    SF -1   285 Timberview                                       $209,900.00  3 2
170633    SF -1   914 S Grand Avenue                                $799,000.00  5 5
170634    SF -1   3000 Oliver                                             $205,000.00  3 2
170641    TOWNH   993 Cottonwood                                   $184,900.00  3 2
170645    TOWNH   2777 Hamilton Ct #3                             $137,500.00  3 3
170614    SF -1    342 Vigilante Trail                                   $219,900.00  5 3

Gallatin Gateway     
170712    SF +1   76599 Gallatin Road                                $359,000.00  4 4
170650    REC   928 Cascade Creek Rd                                 $95,900.00  1 1
170625    SF +1    247 Latigo Ranch                                   $256,000.00  2 2
170620    SF +1    245 Karst Stage Loop                             $299,000.00  3 2

Livingston
170719    SF +1   5116 Hwy 89 S                                       $349,000.00  2 2

Manhattan     
170767    SF -1   208 S Broadway                                       $145,000.00  2 1
170739    MB -1   112 N 3rd                                                $87,900.00  4 2
170709    SF -1    322 N 5th Street                                     $219,000.00  4 2
170613    SF +1    720 Farmall Lane                                   $319,900.00  3 3

Three Forks     
170714    SF +1   10082 Tag Along Road                            $194,900.00  3 2
170640    MB -1   521 E Birch                                             $134,000.00  3 2

West Yellowstone
170723    SF -1   526 Marina Loop                                      $345,000.00  2 2

Week 4, June 2010 - Bozeman Montana Real Estate Listings: For any information on residential and luxury home listings in all of southwest Montana, please call 406.579.9683. Find homes and luxury real estate, condominiums and town homes, fishing and horse property. Taunya Fagan help you find the right Montana real estate!

SF -1 = Single Family Under 1 Acre, SF +1 = Single Family Over 1 Acre, MB = Mobile Home

Dynamic, Proactive, Tireless... Taunya Fagan Bozeman Real Estate

Livingston Montana Real Estate   -  Taunya Fagan Bozeman Real Estate Facebook

giving you the advantage...®

406.579.9683   -   taunya at taunyafagan.com

2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • June 21 2010 12:03PM

Daily Updates Southwest Montana Real Estate Listings Week 3 June 2010

Every Day From The Bozeman Real Estate MLS: Southwest Montana Real Estate Listings, Week 3 June 13 - 19, 2010

New Bozeman Real Estate Listings added daily for Belgrade, Big Sky, Bozeman, Gallatin gateway, Livingston, Manhattan, and additional southwestern Montana towns as properties are listed...or do your own Bozeman Real Estate Search

Belgrade     
170610    SF +1 28 Rain Shadow Drive                          $245,000.00  5 3
170612    SF -1 358 W River Rock Drive                        $184,900.00  4 2
170552    SF -1 209 Spooner                                        $139,900.00  3 2
170511    TOWNH 907 DiMaggio Drive                           $126,000.00  4 2
170472    SF -1    607 Ruth Drive                                  $245,000.00  4 3
170478    SF -1    35 Woodman                                    $184,900.00  3 3
170485    SF -1    413 N River Rock Drive                       $179,900.00  3 2
170495    SF -1    906 Yellowstone Avenue                     $247,000.00  3 3
170436    SF -1 1004 Idaho                                         $255,000.00  5 3
170438    CONDO 1122 Cruiser Lane G                           $99,900.00  2 2
170444    SF +1 316 Ghost Canyon Court                      $257,500.00  5 3
170417    SF -1 388 Woodman                                     $175,000.00  4 3
     
MLS 170413 Photo Rain In FaceBig Sky
170413
SF -1
245 Rain In Face
$1,375,000.00 
4 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms

 170611    SF -1 2120 Spotted Elk Road                         $445,000.00  3 3
170560    CONDO 5C Firelight Meadows                         $115,000.00  2 2
170562    CONDO 145A Pheasant Tail Rd                      $509,000.00  4 3
170510    SF -1 339 Low Dog Road                               $999,000.00  4 4
170499    CONDO Unit A 20 Moose Ridge Rd                 $799,000.00  4 3
170440    CONDO TBD Heavy Runner Road                    $468,000.00  3 3
170449    SF -1 78 Rainbow Trout Run                          $645,000.00  3 3
170465    CONDO C-9 Firelight Condominiums               $107,000.00  2 2
170424    CONDO 2575 Curly Bear Road                        $279,000.00  3 3
     
Bozeman     
170579    SF +1 114 Westlake Park                              $839,000.00  4 6
170580    SF -1 266 Morgan Creek                               $314,900.00  3 3
170590    SF -1 905 S 3rd Avenue                                $350,000.00  4 2
170601    TOWNH 4294 Cover Unit B                             $255,000.00  4 3
170602    CONDO 3701 Trakker Trail 2D                        $165,000.00  2 2
170609    SF -1 2705 Westridge Drive                           $191,500.00  4 3
170533    SF +1 1001 Zachariah Lane                          $795,000.00  4 3
170535    CONDO 1045 Boylan #7 Road                       $349,500.00  4 4
170539    SF +1 2200 W Cameron Bridge Rd                $300,000.00  3 2
170541    SF -1 1114 S Grand                                     $314,900.00  4 3
170545    SF -1 790 St Andrews Drive                           $579,900.00  4 3
170555    SF -1 212 Cottonwood                                  $215,000.00  4 3
170518    SF -1 52 Forest Grove Lane                           $249,950.00  3 3
170520    CONDO 893 Forest Glen Drive                        $125,000.00  3 2
170522    SF -1 1348 Boylan Rd                                   $499,950.00  3 3
170523    BUILT TBD S 28th Avenue                             $214,900.00  3 2
170525    SF -1 3038 Teslow                                        $289,900.00  3 3
170467    SF -1 307 Sheridan                                      $275,000.00  4 3
170468    CONDO 617 N 5th Avenue Unit G                    $143,000.00  3 3
170470    SF +1 3477 Johnson Road                          $1,800,000.00  2 2
170477    SF +1 7882 Bridger Canyon                         $1,750,000.00  4 4
170481    SF -1 1017 S 4th Avenue                               $534,900.00  3 3
170483    SF -1 880 Rogers Way                                   $254,900.00  3 2
170486    SF +1 10425 Bridger Canyon Drive                  $765,000.00  4 3
170493    CONDO 3014 W Villard Unit 3H                         $97,500.00  2 2
170496    SF -1 2315 Gallatin Green Blvd                       $225,000.00  3 2
170501    SF +1 495 Morning Side Way                          $562,000.00  5 3
170503    SF -1 88 W Alexa Court                                 $280,000.00  5 4
170506    CONDO 29 Ferguson                                     $174,900.00  2 3
170427    SF -1 4211 Graf                                            $459,900.00  4 3
170429    SF -1 869 Brookdale Dr                                 $284,900.00  3 2
170430    SF -1 3376 S 28th Avenue                             $208,900.00  3 3
170442    SF +1 223 Cirque                                         $275,000.00  3 3
170443    SF +1 251 South View Ridge Lane                $1,696,495.00  4 6
170463    SF +1 5273 Bigelow Road                              $695,000.00  3 4
170410    CONDO 1002 Boylan Drive                             $249,950.00  3 2
170415    SF +1 1220 Coffee Creek Road                      $899,900.00  3 3
170418    SF +1 126 Canvas Court                                $459,900.00  4 4

Gallatin Gateway  
170603    SF +1 15155 Eagle Eye Way                           $699,000.00  3 3
     
Livingston     
170578    TOWNH 2007 Sun Avenue                              $137,000.00  3 2
170584    SF +1 29 E Frontage Road                              $225,900.00  3 2
170586    SF -1 924 W Crawford                                    $195,000.00  3 2
170607    SF +1 Horse Thief Trail Ranch                      $4,000,000.00  3 3
170530    TOWNH 608 N N Street                                   $110,000.00  3 2
170502    SF +1 22 Suce Creek Trail Head                   $1,525,000.00  4 3
170453    SF +1 223 Wine Glass Loop North                   $179,000.00  4 1
170455    SF -1 426 N 8th Street                                    $104,500.00  3 2
170464    SF +1 71 Merrill Lane                                     $674,900.00  4 3
170420    SF -1 242 Pine Creek Road                             $269,900.00  3 1
     
Manhattan     
170474    SF -1 314 Hemlock                                        $174,900.00  3 1
170475    SF -1 109 W Manhattan                                 $249,000.00  2 2
170500    SF -1 84 Oscars Run                                      $319,000.00  4 3
170428    SF -1 501 E Manhattan Avenue                        $229,900.00  3 2
170421    SF -1 316 W Gallatin                                      $128,500.00  4 1

Week 3, June 2010 - Southwest Montana Real Estate Listings: For any information on homes and other property listings in all of southwest Montana, please call 406.579.9683. Find homes and luxury real estate, condominiums and town homes, fishing and horse property. I'll help you find the right Montana real estate!

SF -1 = Single Family Under 1 Acre, SF +1 = Single Family Over 1 Acre, MB = Mobile Home

Dynamic, Proactive, Tireless... Taunya Fagan Southwest Montana Real Estate

Taunya Fagan Manhattan Montana Real Estate     -    Taunya Fagan Youtube

giving you the advantage...®

406.579.9683    -    taunya dot fagan@prumt.com

4 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • June 14 2010 11:19AM

All NEW Property Listings Week 2 May 2010 Southwest Montana, Bozeman Real Estate MLS

From the MLS: All NEW Southwest Montana Real Estate Listings, Week 2 May 9 - 15, 2010 - Belgrade, Big Sky, Bozeman, Livingston, Manhattan

Mls #      Type         Address            Price        Beds     Baths

Belgrade
169556    CONDO 71 N Shore Drive #2                    $122,900.00  3 2
169565    SF +1 5321 E Gallatin Road                     $275,998.00  4 2
169577    MB -1 525 Westwood Circle                      $100,000.00  2 1
169533    SF -1 912 New York                                $183,500.00  3 2
169538    MB +1 83 Woodbury Avenue                    $190,000.00  3 2
169544    SF -1 312 7th Avenue                             $174,900.00  3 2
169468    SF +1 2512 Outlaw Lane                          $429,900.00  4 3
169486    SF +1 505 Wildhorse                               $285,000.00  3 2
169445    SF +1 16355 FRONTAGE Road                  $189,900.00  3 1
169452    SF -1 48 Stubble Lane                             $269,900.00  4 3

Big Sky     
169579    SF -1 7 Sioux Rd                                    $899,000.00  4 3
169587    CONDO 125 Firelight Drive                       $181,900.00  3 3
169499    CONDO 34 Low Dog Rd. 1953                  $199,000.00  1 2
169501    SF -1 2573 Little Coyote Road                 $625,000.00  4 4
169513    CONDO 41 Black Eagle Road #10501        $500,000.00  2 3
169520    CONDO 41 Black Eagle Road #10708        $379,000.00  1 2
169530    SF +1 2 Peaks View Drive                      $1,638,250.00  5 6
169462    CONDO 299 Ousel Falls 5 Road                $250,000.00  3 3
169477    SF +1 200 Towering Pines Road             $2,499,000.00  4 4
169480    SF +1 72 Lower Promontory Road           $1,050,000.00  3 3
169481    CONDO 2500 Little Coyote Road               $399,900.00  3 3
169438    SF -1 1881 Little Coyote Rd.                     $549,000.00  3 3
169458    SF -1 144 Autumn Trail                            $995,000.00  4 4
169461    SF -1 TBD Gallatin Road                            $99,000.00  1 1
169462    CONDO 299 Ousel Falls 5 Road                $250,000.00  3 3
     
Bozeman     
169547    SF -1 318 N 9th Avenue                          $209,000.00  5 3
169564    TOWNH 108 Michael Grove Avenue           $166,000.00  3 2
169570    SF -1 7085 Bristol Lane                           $469,000.00  5 3
169574    SF -1 1411 S Montana Avenue                 $304,900.00  5 4
169580    SF -1 4850 Alpha                                   $237,389.00  3 2
169581    SF -1 88 Treeline                                   $195,000.00  3 2
169582    CONDO 284 Stillwater Creek Drive            $259,750.00  3 2
169583    CONDO 205 Stillwater Creek Drive            $287,750.00  3 2
169586    SF -1 1145 S Cedarview Drive                  $284,685.00  4 3
169589    SF -1 89 Annie Glade                             $388,000.00  4 3
169534    MB -1 5540 VIOLET RD                          $222,000.00  3 2
169487    SF -1 404 Mountain View Drive                $280,000.00  4 3
169491    SF -1 446 Lewis & Clark Trail                   $310,000.00  3 2
169492    CONDO 2889 N 27th Avenue                   $172,900.00  3 3
169493    SF +1 5247 Trail Creek Rd.                     $450,000.00  2 1
169494    CONDO 1771 W Kagy Boulevard               $184,900.00  4 4
169500    SF -1 4515 Graf Street                            $412,900.00  4 4
169506    SF +1 4830 Eden Road                           $389,000.00  4 4
169510    SF -1 1072 Harmon Way                        $319,900.00  3 3
169514    SF +1 244 Valley High Drive                    $814,000.00  4 3
169517    CONDO 3236 Warbler Way #1                 $169,450.00  3 3
169518    CONDO 4050 W Babcock #27                  $185,900.00  2 2
169519    SF -1 512 E COTTONWOOD                     $269,700.00  2 2
169526    CONDO 2642 TYPHA CT UNIT 19              $159,900.00  3 3
169469    SF +1 699 Bozeman Trail Road                 $575,000.00  3 2
169470    SF -1 609 Fieldstone                                $300,000.00  4 2
169474    CONDO 224B KIMBALL                              $249,900.00  4 4
169475    SF -1 229 Silver Cloud                              $520,000.00  4 4
169485    SF -1 000 Timberview                               $199,900.00  3 2
169487    SF -1 404 Mountain View Drive                   $280,000.00  4 3
169439    SF +1 930 Stonegate Drive                      $987,000.00  5 5
169441    SF -1 108 ARROWHEAD Trail                    $349,900.00  4 3
169442    CONDO 2949 Warbler Way, Unit #1          $179,900.00  3 3
169451    SF +1 4979 W Durston Road                    $499,000.00  3 3
169456    SF +1 13345 Bridger Canyon Road         $7,970,000.00  5 8
169460    BUILT TBD S 28th                                   $200,000.00  3 2
169433    SF +1 201 Ridge Trail                              $699,000.00  5 4
169434    TOWNH 52 Meriwether Ave                      $179,000.00  3 2
169436    TOWNH 403 N 19th Avenue                     $139,000.00  3 3
169439    SF +1 930 Stonegate Drive                     $987,000.00  5 5
169441    SF -1 108 Arrowhead Trail                       $349,900.00  4 3

Gallatin Gateway
169568    SF -1 65550 Gallatin Road                     $495,000.00  3 2
169569    SF +1 11522 Law Road                          $675,000.00  3 2

Livingston
169563    SF -1 114 S 10th Street                         $149,000.00  3 2
169578    SF -1 324 W Geyser Street                     $225,000.00  2 2
169584    SF +1 3 Droptine Lane                           $210,000.00  1 1
169545    SF -1 19 Mineral Avenue                       $180,000.00  3 2
169512    SF -1 2202 Constellation Drive                $199,500.00  3 2
169525    SF +1 96 Old Clyde Park Road                $549,000.00  3 3
169463    SF -1 5 Pronghorn Drive                          $215,000.00  2 2
169446    SF -1 121 N Yellowstone Street                $255,000.00  3 2
169463    SF -1 5 Pronghorn Drive                          $215,000.00  2 2
     
Manhattan
169443    SF +1 530 Mossy Rock Road                   $850,000.00  4 3
169508    SF +1 8640 Poelman Lane                      $489,900.00  3 3

Week 2, May 2010 - Bozeman and Southwest Montana Real Estate Listings: For additional information on Bozeman Montana homes and other property listings, please call 406.579.9683. Find residential and luxury homes, condos and town houses, horse and fishing properties. I'll help you find the right Montana real estate!

SF -1 = Single Family Under 1 Acre, SF +1 = Single Family Over 1 Acre, MB = Mobile Home

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2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • May 10 2010 11:49AM

Bozeman Airport Gallatin Field Expansion 2009

Already in 2009, the number of people departing Bozeman Airport - Gallatin Field (BZN), Belgrade, Montana, has surpassed all previous records...

...so the present 28,000 sf, $30 million, Phase III expansion of the Gallatin Valley's airport, designed by Bozeman's Prugh and Lenon Architects, comes at the perfect time to accommodate the apt projection that Bozeman's yearly air traffic will continue increasing at the rate of 5 percent each year well into the next decade.

Gallatin Field Expansion Phase III Prugh and LenonGallatin Field, services Bozeman, Belgrade, Big Sky, and a good portion of the southwest Montana region. Presently, Montana's Gallatin Valley region continues to grow and, according to October 2009 figures, Gallatin Valley and Bozeman's unemployment hovers around 5.5%.

In 2008, two carriers into Bozeman, Allegiant Air and Frontier Airlines, increased the number of travelers to Bozeman and southwest Montana with their Las Vegas and Denver flights. Beginning Dec. 17, 2009 United begins seasonal non-stop service to San Francisco's International Airport (this seasonal service will end March 27, 2010.) United Express has also added a nonstop, service to Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD).

Gallatin Field's constant flow of corporate and cargo planes, four air flight schools (including a helicopter flight school), and rising private jet traffic are what keeps Bozeman's regional airport, and a large number of Bozeman area residents, employed. Gallatin Airport employs over 400 people through almost 30 companies whose offices reside right at Gallatin Field.

According to the Gallatin Airport Authority, which oversees Bozeman's airport operations, the new expansion will add four gates to the existing five,  for a total of 9 gates, which will still leave additional space for future population growth in and increased tourism into the Bozeman region.

Question: Whose plane was the first and only 747 ever to land at Bozeman's Gallatin Field Airport?

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2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • November 24 2009 04:22PM

Residential Montana Real Estate Statistics 2009

Builders of Residential Montana Real Estate...

And builders of homes in the rest of the Northwest region of the US in 2009 began building residential properties, including condominiums and town houses, at a rate of between 8 and 9 percent.

Fifty-nine percent of year 2009 home sales throughout the United States have been incumbent upon FHA, VA, or USDA home loan programs.

In the Northwest Region of the US the rate of the use of these government loan programs has been fifty-one percent:

1. Veteran's Administration (VA) loans, eleven percent.
2. Federal Housing Administration (FHA), thirty-four percent.
3. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), six percent home financing programs

Throughout the United States in 2009, the use of one of these three government home mortgage loan programs was through a No-Equity high home Loan-To-Value (LTV) rate of between ninety-six and a half and one hundred percent, which basically means home buyers were able to secure a home loan almost equal to, or in some cases equal to or greater than, the home's value at the time of purchase. Some LTV loans surpass a home's assesed value by as much as 25 percent!

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2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • November 03 2009 12:47PM

Bozeman Real Estate Homes Sales Trending Up Third Quarter 2009

According to the National Association of Realtors...

NAR says, so far in 2009, the trend is: First-time Home Buyers have pushed 45% of all US home sales.

In concert with this national trend upward in US home sales, which was 13.0% for existing home sales in the Western part of the United States, interest in the Bozeman, Montana Real Estate Residential Home Market, including interest in the Bozeman Luxury Real Estate Market, had been trending upward in the last few weeks of the third quarter of 2009.

Bozeman and the Surrounding Area's Sold Data For Years 2003 Through 2009 

Year # Homes Sold $ Total Sales Volume $ Average $ Median *DOM
           
2003 703 $185,483,838 $263,846 $217,000 69
2004 731 $225,186,403 $308,053 $257,500 64
2005 816 $295,215,066 $361,783 $300,000 62
2006 650 $280,571,095 $431,648 $340,851 62
2007 556 $233,759,262 $420,430 $327,250 83
2008 502 $206,974,405 $412,300 $308,850 108
2009 338 $113,569,803 $336,005 $271,500 115

* DOM: Days on Market

The Year 2009 Pending Bozeman Home Sales Breakdown Through September 2009:

  • Bozeman - 111
  • Belgrade - 42
  • Big Sky - 17

The total number of homes sold in 2009 in the Bozeman real estate market appears to be trending toward 2008's sold total but with a trend downward in Bozeman area home sales prices, which is good for Bozeman home buyers.

Good News Update: with the October 28, 2009 Congressional (Senate) action on the distinct possibility of extending the Home Buyer Tax Credit, Bozeman home sales for 2009 may end up being higher than the number of Bozeman homes sold in 2008. After Senate approval, the Bill would have to go to the House and on to President Obama, who, along with some key Democrats, is a bit reluctant to extend the tax credit because of the additional cost to tax payers.

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0 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • October 28 2009 04:30PM

Information and History Bozeman Building Permits

The City of Bozeman, Montana requires that if a person or entity plans to erect, enlarge, repair, move, alter, raze, improve, or convert a building or structure within the Bozeman city limits the person or entity apply for one of the many Main Street Old Bozeman MontanaBozeman building permits granted each year.

The Bozeman Real Estate Report contains information on the Bozeman building permit history since 2001.

Information on the site includes Belgrade, Three Forks and unincorporated towns in Gallatin County Montana.

Apply for a Bozeman building permit.

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0 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • September 30 2009 09:24PM

Kidville Bozeman Montana National Geographic Adventurer City

CB - TF Drinking Horse

National Geographic Adventure Magazine

...says the Montana mountain town Bozeman is a best city in the US for the adventurer to start a family: National Geographic rates Bozeman, Montana in the top three of its United States Adventurer Cities.

In the October 2009 National Geographic issue, which came out the week of September 13, 2009, the magazine mentions Bozeman's biking and hiking trail system; its proximity to Bridger Bowl and Big Sky snowboard and ski resorts; the Bridger, Gallatin, Beartooth, and Madison Ranges; and Yellowstone Park, the 2.2-million-acre National Park Ulysses S. Grant created in 1872.

Bozeman Outdoors

National Geographic's reasons for the accolade also include Bozeman's award-winning public schools and the impact Montana State University has on Bozeman's overall culture.

Add to all this the area's world-class kayaking and fly-fishing streams and rivers and you have the makings of another of the great American outdoor towns.

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0 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • September 18 2009 08:57AM

Bozeman Schools Blue Ribbon Winner Morningstar Elementary School

Bozeman, Montana's Morning Star Elementary School, the Bozeman School District's largest elementary school, is one of the 2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools. Morning Star Elementary, named for Cheyenne Indian Chief, Morning Star, who would often awaken early in the morning to view the planet Venus, was chosen as one of the top elementary schools in the United States because it helps Bozeman students close the "achievement gap," "the difference in academic performance between different ethnic groups," according to the U.S. Department of Education's definition.

Arne Duncan, U.S. Education Secretary, announced 314 schools have won the Blue Ribbon award, which includes 50 private schools and 264 public schools. Central School in Roundup, MT also was chosen. On Novemebr 3, 2009, all winners will be honored in Washington, D.C. For more try the Bozeman Daily Chronicle.

0 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • September 16 2009 03:31PM

Drinking Horse Mountain Trail Bozeman Day Hikes

Drinking Horse Mountain Lower Trail

DRINKING HORSE MOUNTAIN

The Drinking Horse Mountain Trail is a new Bozeman hiking gem not just because it makes for a short, vigorous 1.6 mile (3.2 mile rt) early-morning or after-work hike but also because of the spectacular views along the way and from its summit.

Walk along the excellent, recently carved and compacted limestone hiking trail from about 4902 ft to the 5,522 ft Drinking Horse Mountain Summit for views of the Absarokas and many of the Gallatin Valley's mountain ranges.

The Drinking Horse Mountain Trail, north of Bozeman, MT, is great for kids because they can make the hike short by stopping to splash in Bridger Creek under the shade of mature Cottonwoods, or they can head for the top, stopping along the way to rest on one of the many memorial benches manufactored from recycled plastic. 

The Drinking Horse Mountain Trail is a great example of a federal, state, local, and private conservation collaboration, joining the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Gallatin Valley Land Trust; Montana Outdoor Science School; Bozeman Fish Technology Center; and Friends of the Bozeman, Montana Fish Technology Center together to preserve more of Montana's Gallatin Valley land for future generations.

Drinking Horse Mountain Trail Directions: From Main Street, Bozeman, take Rouse, which becomes Bridger Canyon Drive (Highway 86), 3 miles to a right (S) at the Fish Hatchery turnoff just before the "M" Trail turnoff. (NOT Fish Hatchery Rd, though...you've gone too far.) (Sorry, no bikes or horses allowed and don't forget the camera, water, coat, sunscreen, and snacks...and stay off the summit during lightning.)

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2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • September 07 2009 05:15PM

President Obama Town Hall Meeting Bozeman Montana August 14 2009

Obama Coming to Bozeman...Again.

A City Commissioner for the City of Bozeman, MT confirmed on August 4, 2009 that President Barack Obama again will be visiting Bozeman, Montana; this time Obama will visit on Friday, August 14, 2009. President Obama is purported to be planning on holding a town hall meeting at one of Bozeman's Gallatin Field Airport hangers. Obama will discuss the plight of people dropped from their health insurance plans because of an illness.

It is purported that First Lady, Michelle Obama, and President Obama may also visit Big Sky, Montana after the August 14, 2009 Bozeman town meeting. The First Couple is staying at Big Sky's Summit Hotel.

According to Bozeman's Daily Chronicle, Mayor, Kaaren Jacobson, stated, "He's definitely coming, that much is clear." Avis Car Rental in Belgrade, MT states the US Secret Service has reserved approximately 30 cars for Obama's visit August 13-14, 2009.

The last President who planned to visit Bozeman was FDR in 1934, but he changed his plans and visited Fort Peck, Montana instead.

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1 comment • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • August 05 2009 10:24AM

Bozeman Horse Properties - Stunning Bozeman Log Homes - 1995 Bear Canyon Rd

REDUCED $100,000 - Quintessential Montana horse property in Bozeman on an extraordinary, private 8+ acre Bear Canyon lot with private bridge over Bozeman's Bear Canyon Creek. This Bozeman horse property offers horse pasture, upscale log home in the trees, and outstanding western mountain and valley views.

One of the premiere Bozeman log homes for sale, this three bedroom, three bath, Bozeman, Montana log home1995 Bear Canyon Main 2010 comes with office, bonus room, floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, circle-sawn wood floors, tumbled travertine tiles, huge windows, main level master suite, and a deck.

Enjoy spectacular views of Montana's Bridger Mountains and southwest Montana's Gallatin Valley.

The southern boundary of this Bozeman real estate, without covenants or HOA, borders Montana state land and United States Forestry Service (USFS) land.

Though you will find rugged mountain forest lands with hiking and mountain biking trails very close, downtown Bozeman, MT and Montana State University are less than ten miles distant.

  1995 Bear Canyon Photo Living Room      1995 Bear Canyon Photo Dining Area

  1995 Bear Canyon Photo Master (WinCE)      1995 Bear Canyon Photo Upper Sitting Room (WinCE)

  1995 Bear Canyon Photo Bridger Mountains (WinCE)      1995 Bear Canyon Bridge Photo (WinCE)

MLS #162615  -  REDUCED $100,000 TO $885,000

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0 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • July 29 2009 03:08PM

Newsweek Top US Schools: Bozeman High School #585: Over 21,000 High Schools

Though this may not sound like a high placement, Newsweek magazine voted Bozeman High School, in Bozeman, Montana, number 585 out of the top 1500 public high schools in the United States' top high schools list 2009. According to Newsweek, there were over 21,000 high schools in the U.S. in 2008.

About the formula for determining the top U.S. Schools list, Newsweek noted the method used to rank public schools is based on a ratio devised by Jay Mathews, which basically takes the number of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests all students took at a school in the 2008 school year and divides it by the number of graduating seniors.

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"...We are committed to providing your child with a quality education in a safe and caring environment. We accomplish this with the involvement of skilled and caring professionals, high expectations both academically and behaviorally, and with the support of our parents and community...." Kirk Miller, Superintendent, Bozeman Public Schools

For more on Bozeman High School, Bozeman Schools, and Gallatin County Schools.

Is your high school on the top US high schools list?

2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • June 12 2009 12:40AM

Montana Special Olympics 2009 State Games in Bozeman May 13-15

The City of Bozeman, Montana begins its initial year of a three-year agreement to hold the Montana Special Olympics Games. In this year's Special Olympics 2009, the 72 visiting teams, comprised of about 1,000 athletes, will compete, coached by 450, in fourteen Olympic-type sports events during the three-day event.

Logo Montana Special OlympicsThe 2009 Montana Special Olympics', 14 competitions will include track and field, gymnastics, triathlon, bowling, kayaking, aquatics, bocce ball, cycling, golf, powerlifting, equestrian, soccer, and horseshoe pitching.

Also offered will be motor activities training for participating, lower-functioning athletes.

Annually, over 1,500 local Bozeman, MT locals are involved in the massive organizing and the actual hosting of the Montana Special Olympic Games, adding $1 million to the Bozeman community.

Special Olympics Montana
P.O. Box 3507
Great Falls, MT  59403
For General Info: 1.800.242.6876

Please consider supporting these Special Montana Olympic Games in Bozeman!

To Speak to Representative: Vicki Dunham
vdunham@somt.org
Call: 406.216.5327

0 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • May 14 2009 08:48AM

Tour of Bozeman Bike Race - Montana Bike Racing 2009 - Tour de Bozeman

In the sport of bike racing you've heard of the Tour de France, the Vuelta a España, and the Giro d'Italia ...now there's the Tour de Bozeman, Montana's Last Best Bike Race.

This Bozeman, Montana Bicycle Racing Event, slated for Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26, 2009, offers a $5,000 Cash Purse and fun for the entire family. Cycling Sprints down Main Street Bozeman; Bicycle Time Trials on Springhill Road; and a Bike Road Race in Bridger Canyon.

Bozeman Masters VeloWatch male and female cyclists burn 1000's of calories and suffer oxygen-debt, pushing their bodies to super-human levels competing in...

  • Saturday, July 25, morning: Springhill Road Cycling Time Trial on a straight, 20 kilometer out -and-back course, along Bozeman's Bridger Mountains.
  • Saturday, July 25, evening: Downtown Bozeman Main Street Bike Sprints along five blocks of Historic Bozeman's Main Street, which will be closed for these brutal 300 meter cycling sprints.
  • Sunday, July 26, morning: Bridger Canyon Road Bike Race on an unrelenting 70 mile course with long, steep climbs and petrifying descents through the Bridger and Bangtail Mountains.
  • Sunday, July 26, afternoon Tour de Bozeman bike racing awards at Bridger Bowl Ski Area.

The Tour of Bozeman Bike Race is a collaboration of three Bozeman-area cycling teams: Bozeman Team Delphine, Gallatin Alpine Sports-Intrinsik Architecture, and Bozeman Masters Velo and is sponsored by both First Interstate Bank of Bozeman and Bridger Orthopedic and Sports Medicine. 

Races open to and capped at:
    * Men's Pro 1/2 - 100 entrants
    * Men's Cat 3 - 100 entrants
    * Men's Cat 4/5 - 75 entrants
    * Masters 40+ - 100 entrants
    * Women's 1-3 - 50 entrants
    * Women's 4 - 50 entrants

Register for the Tour de Bozeman  -  Photo Courtesy of Natasha Westphal

3 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • March 28 2009 01:04PM

Bozeman Ranked Number 3 Mountain Town in North America

From blog.nileguide.com Top 10 Mountain Towns in North America  March 10, 2009

"Many of us cling to the dream of ditching the urban rat race and moving to a funky town in the mountains where we can hike, bike, climb, paddle, and ski to our heart's content."

# 3: Bozeman, Montana - Bozeman is an easy drive from Yellowstone [Park], and Big Sky sits just up the Madison Gallatin River. As a university town, it offers decent great local food and culture, where you can bone up on your literature in between jaunts to hit the hikable [and skiable] backcountry at Bridger Bowl.

Note: Killer mountain biking, kayaking, and fly fishing, too..

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2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • March 19 2009 11:45PM

Bozeman Explosion - Relief Fund Event, March 21 & Bozeman Relief Festival, March 28

Upcoming Fundraisers For The Recent Bozeman Explosion

Saturday March 21, Montana Ale Works on East Main will hold a Downtown Bozeman Relief Fund Event begun by the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) and injected with a generous $25,000 donation from First Security Bank Foundation. Event is from 8pm to or beyond 10:30 p.m. Local  musicians, including Jeni Fleming, will tender all money to the Downtown Relief Fund. Tips for the musicians will be donated to the 4 musicians having lost their homes in the Bozeman blast.

Saturday, March 28, Gallatin County Fairgrounds is the place for the Downtown Bozeman Relief Festival, from 12:00am to 12:00pm. Food and music all day and night for an admission fee of $10 for adults, $5 for kids under 13. Silent auction, photo contest, and face painting. For info: Terri Sullivan, 586-0499; Cheryl Ott, 579-9984; or Mary Jane Disanti, 580-7888.

Bozeman News - Bozeman Explosion Updates

2 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • March 19 2009 10:30AM

Prudential Montana Acquires Bozeman's Black Bull Golf Community

Bridger Mountains Bozeman Black Bull Golf CommunityPrudential Montana Real Estate has taken on Black Bull, Bozeman, Montana's Family and Golf Community, offering resort-style living built around Black Bull's dynamic Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course. The private community includes a clubhouse, and, when not golfing, other recreational activities like swimming, tennis, fishing, and cross-country skiing. Black Bull is also within minutes of world-class downhill skiing and just about any other outdoor activity that comes to mind.

What Travel + Leisure Golf says about Black Bull Golf Community, Bozeman, Montana, which is one of only 10 new communities having made it to their "Top 100 Golf Communities in America" list: Black Bull is one of those rare "total golf and community experience[s]" with "exquisite environments which are case studies in how to make life on earth as pleasing, stimulating and worthwhile as possible."

Please call me, 406.579.9683, for more information or to visit Black Bull Bozeman.

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0 comments • www.TaunyaFagan.com Bozeman Montana Real Estate: Homes - Land - Ranches • February 24 2009 02:02PM