New Homes
The new construction home market has been in decline for some time now, but it is starting to pickup in a few areas. One of those areas is the Salt Lake Metro area which was named the 6th most active metro area for new construction home permits (source Trulia). In the third quarter there were [...]
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Garbett Homes is preparing to break ground for its Terra Sol green housing development. This 59 unit single family home community is being billed as ‘the greenest community in the state’. The development is located at 3545 South 300 East on 6.5 acres. Homes will have 1600 to 3000 sq. ft, small yards, 2 car [...]
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Daybreak a new home development located in South Jordan Utah has been awarded top honors from the National Association of Home Builders. The Daybreak Community received the 2010 Best in American Living Platinum Award for Suburban Smart Growth Community and Community of the Year. The association recognizes developers, builders and architects from around the country [...]
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The Ivory Homes active adult community located at Daybreak’s Garden Park is set to expand its range of homes to include estate homes, condos and town homes. Currently there are two types of home on offer, Garden Homes and Patio Homes. Both of these home types offer single floor living, with Garden Homes having a [...]
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Just a quick note to let you know that the Utah Governor recently announced they will use $8 million in federal stimulus funds to reintroduce the Home Run Grant. The official statement said that the state will offer $4,000 grants to the first 2,000 new home buyers. The program comes on the heels of one [...]
Ivory homes are building a new over 55’s community located in South Jordan’s Daybreak development. The community just like Daybreak itself will be big, in fact when finished it will be the largest Active Adult Community in Utah. Garden Park will feature approximately 200 single level living homes, and will have its own facilities including [...]
There is now a new Utah State incentive of $6000 dollars for home buyers, but it comes with limitations and in my opinion a major drawback. Unlike other incentives introduced at the federal level, the State incentive is limited to new construction homes. Now this is great if you are looking to buy a new [...]
We recently had an appraisal done on an existing home in a subdivision that still has new homes being constructed. When speaking to the appraiser, I mentioned that the builder had a recent sale of exactly the same model of home in the same subdivision that was not on the MLS. In the past, appraisers [...]
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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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I have updated our Salt Lake new homes map to incorporate the latest developments and pricing information. This interactive map uses Google Maps functionality to show the location and prices for the major new home builders and developments in Salt Lake County, Davis County, and Utah County. New home prices across the Salt Lake Valley [...]
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