Bonneville County · Idaho
Flat Fee MLS Listing in Ammon, Idaho
List your Ammon home on the MLS for one flat fee, from $399, instead of a listing commission that grows with your sale price. A licensed Idaho broker publishes the listing, and you keep control of the sale.
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Eastern Idaho
JupiDoor in Ammon
Ammon lies directly east of Idaho Falls, between that city and the Ammon foothills, at about 4,700 feet. Settlers founded it in 1888 as South Iona, renamed it Ammon in 1893 and incorporated it in 1905. What began as a farm town with grain elevators and brickyards is now mostly subdivisions, with established streets near the old center and newer tracts spreading east and south along Sunnyside Road and 17th Street. The city owns its own fiber-optic network, and Bonneville Joint School District 93 serves its homes.
Ammon homes are listed on the Snake River MLS, one of the Idaho MLSs JupiDoor lists on. Your listing goes on it under a licensed Idaho brokerage, and from there to the sites buyers search.
Local knowledge
What sellers in Ammon should know
Ammon's city-owned fiber network was built district by district, and owners who opted in could spread the connection fee over 20 years as a property assessment, so check for a balance.
If your home is wired to Ammon's fiber network, say so in the listing, because buyers comparing Ammon with Idaho Falls or Iona often ask which internet options a house has.
Ammon's tap water comes from deep wells in the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer and is mineral-heavy, so note any water softener and whether it stays with the house.
Many buyers shop by school, and Hillcrest High on Owen Street and Sandcreek Middle sit inside the city, so confirm your address's District 93 assignments before advertising them.
Ammon has required new subdivisions to irrigate from canals and surface water instead of wells, so tell buyers whether your yard runs on a separate irrigation system or city water.
Neighborhoods
Where people buy in Ammon
McCowin Park area
The streets around McCowin Park are some of Ammon's more established. The 18-acre park has the city swimming pool, a spray park added in 2015, ball fields, tennis courts and a disc golf course. Buyers here often want a settled street and a short walk to city recreation.
Sand Creek
Named for the creek and Sandcreek Middle School, this part of Ammon also has Sandcreek Commons, with a Broulim's grocery store and local restaurants. Hillcrest High School is nearby on Owen Street. It draws buyers who want schools and daily errands close to home.
Woodland Hills
Woodland Hills sits on Ammon's south end, with Woodland Hills Elementary and Woodland Hills Park on Clearfield Lane. The housing is mostly newer single-family homes in planned subdivisions. Buyers are often moving up from starter homes or relocating to the Idaho Falls area for work.
Centennial Ranch
Centennial Ranch is one of Ammon's better-known subdivisions, with single-family homes in a range of sizes and styles. Buyers looking here usually want a newer house inside city limits, with city services and District 93 schools, and a short drive to shopping on the east side of Idaho Falls.
Crestwood Hills
Crestwood Hills is one of Ammon's newer subdivisions, where some homes along streets like Riata Lane were finished as recently as 2024. Sellers here are often competing with builders nearby, so buyers compare finish level, landscaping and what a resale includes that a new build would charge for.
Your Idaho broker
Mike Heslop
Founder, Principal Broker & Owner of JupiDoor
Mike founded JupiDoor to price real estate the way he thought it should be priced. He is a REALTOR® and the licensed broker behind every Idaho home we put on the MLS.
- Licensed full time since
- January 2015
- Idaho licenses
- DB54652 · Brokerage 1071281
- Member of
- Boise Regional Realtors
- Career totals
- 500+ closed transactions · $300 million
Flat Rate Selling Packages for Idaho Sellers
MLS Starter
- Listing on your local MLS
- Listed on Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.
- Listed on Local Broker Websites
- Access to all real estate documents
- Comparable Properties
- All phone calls directed towards you
- 10 Photos listed on the MLS
- 5 Free MLS changes
- 1 Open house posting
$399
Sign UpMLS Premium
- Listing on your local MLS
- Listed on Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.
- Listed on Local Broker Websites
- Access to all real estate documents
- Comparable Properties
- All phone calls directed towards you
- 60 Photos listed on the MLS
- Unlimited open house postings
- Unlimited MLS changes
- Offer Reviews and Consulting
- Handling of paperwork
$499
Sign UpFull Service Realtor
- Listing on your local MLS
- Listed on Zillow, Realtor.com, etc.
- Listed on Local Broker Websites
- Access to all real estate documents
- We handle all paperwork
- Comparable Properties
- We take all phone calls
- Unlimited photos on the MLS (as many as the MLS allows)
- Unlimited open house postings
- Unlimited MLS changes
- Full negotiation Support
- One-on-one Virtual meeting
- For Sale Sign
- Lockbox
How it works
Listing in Idaho, step by step
Five steps from picking a package to closing. Everything in between happens in your account.
- 1
Choose a package
Pick from MLS Starter, MLS Premium, Full Service Realtor, and add anything else you want. You pay once, when you sign up.
- 2
Complete the online listing
Your address, price, property details, photos and MLS information all go in through your dashboard, at whatever pace suits you.
- 3
We put it on the MLS
A licensed broker reviews what you entered and publishes the listing to your local MLS, which feeds Zillow, Realtor.com and local broker sites.
- 4
Showings and offers
Buyers and their agents reach you through the listing. On MLS Premium and Full Service Realtor we read the offers with you before you sign anything.
- 5
Close and keep your equity
There is no listing-side commission taken out of your sale — only the Full Service Realtor package adds 0.5% at closing.
Your Potential Savings
Set your Idaho sale price to see what a 3% listing-side commission would cost you, and what you keep instead.
Traditional listing commission at 3%
$15,000
Most you could keep
$14,601
with MLS Starter at $399
MLS Starter
You keep$14,601
You pay $399
MLS Premium
You keep$14,501
You pay $499
Full Service Realtor
You keep$12,001
You pay $2,999 ($499 + 0.5% at Closing)
What you payWhat you keep
An estimate of the listing side only. A buyer’s agent commission, if you offer one, is separate.
FAQ
Ammon questions
- There are 3 packages: MLS Starter at $399, MLS Premium at $499, Full Service Realtor at $499 plus 0.5% at closing. The package price is paid up front, when you sign up, instead of a listing commission. A buyer's agent commission, if you choose to offer one, is separate and is yours to set.
- Ammon homes are listed on the Snake River MLS. In Idaho, JupiDoor lists on the Intermountain MLS, Pocatello MLS and Snake River MLS, so your home goes on the one that covers your area, and from there to Zillow, Realtor.com and local broker websites.
- Ammon builds, owns and runs a fiber-to-the-home network, and private internet providers sell service over it. The city built it neighborhood by neighborhood through local improvement districts. Owners who opted in paid a one-time connection fee, either up front or spread over 20 years as a special assessment on the property, plus a monthly city utility fee. If your home is connected, check whether any of the assessment is still owed and how it will be handled at closing, and tell buyers the home is wired.
- Bonneville Joint School District 93 serves Ammon, along with parts of Idaho Falls, Iona and Ucon. Hillcrest High School on Owen Street, Sandcreek Middle School and several elementary schools, including Ammon Elementary and Woodland Hills Elementary, sit in or next to the city. Because the district has added schools and redrawn boundaries as the area has grown, check a specific address's current assignments with District 93 rather than assuming the nearest school.
- Ammon's drinking water comes entirely from city wells drilled into the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer. The water is hard, so many homes have softeners. To take pressure off the aquifer, the city has required new subdivisions to plan irrigation around canals and surface water instead of groundwater wells, and it has worked on moving park irrigation to surface water as well. Whether a particular home's lawn runs on city water or a separate irrigation system depends on its subdivision.
- That is your call. Many sellers still offer something toward the buyer's agent to keep their home competitive, but it is optional, and since August 17, 2024 the offer can no longer be published on the MLS. You record what you are willing to offer when you set up your listing, and it is shared with buyer agents directly rather than on the listing. Whatever you offer, the listing-side savings are yours.
Ready to list your Ammon home?
Pick a package and start your listing online, or call and we will walk you through it.
Or call and text 801-864-3449
