Housing Market
There were 707 Salt Lake County homes sold in October 2010, which was a decline of 35% compared to the same month in 2009. The average sales price was $245,341, an increase of 2.81% year on year, but a drop of 5.2% compared to last month. Some of the month on month price drop could [...]
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While there are early signs of a housing market recovery, in the whole Salt Lake County yet again remained sluggish at best, with home prices continuing to come under pressure. Single Family Housing Stats Third Quarter 2010 Number of Homes Sold : 1902 Median Price : $229,900 Days On Market : 85 Third Quarter 2009 [...]
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While it may seem like a far-fetched idea (especially if you are trying to sell your home at the moment), an increasing number of economists are predicting a housing shortage in 2011/2012. How you might ask, can we have a shortage of homes given the current sluggish housing market? Well it’s all got to do [...]
August 2010 home sales remained weak in the Salt Lake County area. While the number of Salt Lake County homes sold saw a tick up from July, it was considerably lower than Aug 2009 going from 1031 to just 764. Another concerning sign was the average number of days taken to sell a home, which [...]
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After four straight months where we have seen home sales top the 1,000 mark, they dropped back down to earth with a bump in July. Just like expected, the expiration of the home buyers tax credit resulted in a drop in home sales, with just 693 homes sold, the lowest number since February. Looking at [...]
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March was a little bit of a mixed bag when it comes to Salt Lake County home sales. On the bright side the month on month days on market (average time taken to sell a home) decreased from 87 to 80, number of homes sold increased 30.09% year on year and over 51% month on [...]
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Only one of the 32 zip codes in Salt Lake County experienced single family home price appreciation in 2009. The Holladay zip code of 84117 increased its single family home median home price 3.32%. The fact that Holladay is one Salt Lake’s more desirable areas is no accident. Areas such as this, The Avenues and [...]
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September home sales in Salt Lake County returned a mixed bag. While the average sales price dropped to just over $240,000, the price per square foot actually increased to $104. This implies people are buying smaller homes, in fact the average sized home dropped to 2,307 sq. ft., its lowest level since September 2008. The [...]
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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 [...]
For the second month running, the number of homes sold in Salt Lake County exceeded 1000. There were a total of 1081 homes sold which was slightly down on last months figure, but is still an healthy sign of an improving real estate market. The average sales price and price per square feet was also [...]
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