General Musings

It’s Simple: Now Is the Time to Buy a Home

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It’s Simple: Now Is the Time to Buy a Home

The millionaire says to a thousand people, “I read this book and it started me on the road to wealth.”  Guess how many go out and get the book? Very few.  Isn’t that incredible? Why wouldn’t everyone get the book? Read the rest of the article here:  It’s Simple: Now Is the Time to Buy a Home.

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Market Statistics For Salt Lake County-October

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Market Statistics For Salt Lake County-October

Market Statistics For Salt Lake County There is good news ahead for all you folks that have been anxiously awaiting good news on the real estate front.  The market statistics for Salt Lake County are right here in this video graciously produced by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors. What this video says is that home sales in Salt Lake County are up over last year, prices are stabilizing in most areas (some areas with a lot of distressed properties will continue with a slight decrease), but quite honestly…all in all it’s a great time to buy a home.  Lots of buyers are jumping off...

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Turn Back The Clock

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Every year we get told by marketing companies it’s time to turn back the clock AND replace the batteries in our smoke alarms.  Thought that was silly but Now I know why.  It’ so you aren’t awakened in the middle of the night with your dog pawing your face because she is scared of the “Chirp”….so….Change Your Batteries Every 6 months….Now is a good time to do it!

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Is Zillow Accurate In Utah?

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Is Zillow Accurate In Utah?

I just got a Zillow Zestimate on my Utah home, is that really the value? We get this question quite often, not only from our regular buyer and seller clients, but our investor clients as well who rely heavily on fair market value to determine what properties to pursue. Zillow “Zestimates” have become iconic on the internet for quickly determining value of properties all over the US.  Don’t get me wrong here, they do provide a good place to Start your research on the value of your own home or any property that you are contemplating .  But the key word here is START. Read...

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Utah Home Sales-What Are They Doing?

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Utah Home Sales-What Are They Doing?

Mortgage rates up this week, national housing sales down for July, housing not recovering, ….these are all National headlines. But What is happening to Home Sales in Utah? Remember that  “I’s  tol’ ya an’ tol’ ya”  (ok, I am in my Gone With The Wind Mode”) that Real Estate is Local, Not National, well, here is a really good example. This video is from the Utah Association of Realtors and explains what is happening with housing in the STATE OF UTAH…not Detroit where banks are bulldozing homes and offering them to charities to get them...

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Homeownership: Why Wait?

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Homeownership: Why Wait?

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