The new model home village is up and running in Daybreak. The village called Daybreak North Shore, is Daybreak’s third, the first two being Founders Village and East Lake Village. There is a noticeable difference in this phase, there are far more homes in the starter home category. If you are looking for homes under [...]

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Mark on June 17th, 2008

At the start of this month, Fannie Mae changed its policy regarding declining markets. Previously if you were in a declining market you had to put 10% down in order to obtain a loan. Now the policy has changed so that regardless of the state of the local real estate market buyers only need to [...]

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The number of single family homes sold in Salt Lake County increased for the fourth-straight month. There were 835 homes sold in May, which was an increase of 4.11% over April’s numbers. While the numbers are still way down on last years numbers (in fact year to date they are 37% lower), at least the [...]

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Mark on June 5th, 2008

If you are looking for a place to rent, Salt Lake is an expensive place. Rents went up 8.8% from 2006 to 2007, with a further 6 to 8% rise expected this year. This coupled with a vacancy rate of just 4.5% means tough times for those looking for a rental property.

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