Payette County · Idaho
Flat Fee MLS Listing in Payette, Idaho
List your Payette 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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Western Treasure Valley
JupiDoor in Payette
Payette is the Payette County seat, near where the Payette River meets the Snake at the Oregon line. Settled as Boomerang and incorporated as Payette in 1891, it kept a core of 1890s and early-1900s brick and frame houses north of downtown, several listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Later houses fill in around them, and irrigated farm ground and acreage spread north of town on water from the Lower Payette Ditch, dug in the 1880s. Owners work locally, cross the river to Ontario, Oregon, or drive Interstate 84 toward Boise.
Payette homes are listed on the Intermountain 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 Payette should know
Farm ground and acreage north of Payette often carry Lower Payette Ditch Company shares, so buyers will ask how many shares convey, what the yearly assessment is and how water reaches the field.
Houses in the older blocks along North 9th Street and First and Seventh Avenues North date to the 1890s and 1900s, so expect questions about foundations, wiring, plumbing and heating conversions.
Buyers moving over from Malheur County, Oregon, often cross on the State Highway 52 Payette Bridge, and they ask practical questions about switching licenses, registration and tax residency to Idaho.
Homes near Kiwanis Park, the Payette River Greenbelt or Centennial Park's boat ramp should say so in the listing, since walkable river and park access is one of the town's clearest draws.
Payette Joint School District 371 serves the city, and buyers weighing Payette against Fruitland or New Plymouth are comparing separate districts a few miles apart, so confirm the district by address.
Neighborhoods
Where people buy in Payette
Historic North Payette
The blocks north of downtown hold Payette's oldest houses, including the Queen Anne-style David C. Chase House on North 9th Street and the 1890 Grant Whitney House on Seventh Avenue North. Victorian and Colonial Revival homes sit beside later infill, and buyers are usually after character and space close to downtown.
Downtown and Kiwanis Park
Around the commercial district and the 1912 city hall, smaller older homes sit within walking distance of Kiwanis Park, which has the city pool, a skate park and the bandshell used during the Apple Blossom Festival. First-time buyers and downsizers often look here.
Payette River Greenbelt
Homes near the Payette River Greenbelt and Centennial Park give owners a walking and biking path along the river, a fishing pond and a boat ramp close by. Buyers who fish, paddle or want river access without leaving town tend to focus on these streets.
Scotch Pines Road
A rural road outside town that runs past Scotch Pines Golf Course, an 18-hole public course opened in the early 1960s. Homes here generally sit on larger lots and acreage, and buyers want room, views of open ground and a short drive back into Payette.
Little Willow Road
A rural corridor outside Payette with farm ground and acreage homesites on large parcels. Buyers here are usually looking for a small farm or space for animals and will want the irrigation shares, well and septic details for a specific parcel spelled out.
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
Payette 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.
- Payette homes are listed on the Intermountain 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.
- Much of the farm ground north of Payette gets its water from the Lower Payette Ditch Company, organized in 1882 and among the oldest water users in the area. By 1886 its canal was carrying Payette River water from near Falk's Store northward to the Weiser River. Land served by the ditch is usually sold with a number of shares, and the company charges a yearly assessment per share. Buyers should confirm how many shares transfer with a property and how water is delivered to it, while homes in town are served by the city's water department.
- The Payette Joint School District 371 serves the city, and Payette High School is its comprehensive high school. Fruitland to the south has its own district, Fruitland School District 373, so homes between the two towns or near city limits should be checked by address rather than by mailing city. The district office can confirm which elementary school and bus route apply to a particular address.
- US Highway 95 runs south from Payette through Fruitland to Interstate 84, the main route toward Boise. State Highway 52 heads west over the Payette Bridge into Malheur County, Oregon, and east toward Emmett. Ontario, Oregon, is the shopping and job center just across the Snake, and Payette is part of the Ontario micropolitan area. The city also runs a municipal airport for small aircraft.
- 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 Payette 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
