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Holladay residents like the area for its location close to downtown and close to the mountains.  The area has large mature trees.  This is unusual for the Salt Lake valley because when the pioneers got here in the 1800’s […]

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There is a colorful guy in Utah’s history named B.H. Schettler and his story mentions the Salt Lake City real estate market a hundred years ago. And it appears that the market and the lending environment was not much different that it is today.
B.H Schettler opened a private bank in Utah in 1892. […]

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West Valley City   West Valley City is located just west of Salt Lake City and is about 10-20 minutes from downtown Salt Lake City.  West Valley is a young city.  It saw most of its growth after WWII and was incorporated in 1980.  The majority of homes were built in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. […]

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Sugar House

Sugar House is likely Salt Lake’s most popular neighborhood. For the purposes of this article, the boundaries of Sugar House go from 1300 South to 2700 South and 700 East to 2000 East.
Sugar House has a lot of 1950’s style bungalows that have been updated. The highlights of Sugar House are […]

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Rose Park Rose Park, is located in the North West corner of the valley, North of 600 North and West of I-15.  Rumor has it that Rose Park gets its name from all the beautiful Roses that use to grow in the are but I can not verify that.
The majority of homes in Rose Park […]

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Murray
Murray…its what’s happening! It does not feel right to say. Nonetheless, there is a lot happening in Murray.
Murray use to have a smelter with large smoke stacks. Now it has Intermountain Medical Center, a $560 million mega-hospital on 100 acres. And Inverness Square, a 119-unit townhouse development with […]

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Millcreek boundaries look like a golf ball on a tee. Because of the irregular boundary lines, there is a wide variety of homes in this area. This is a great place to find an affordable home in the valley. Highland Drive, St Mark’s Hospital, and the Iceberg (place famous for its […]

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Canyon Rim sits between Tanner Park and 3300 South. Tanner Park is a 90 acre park where dogs are currently allowed off leash. This may change because groups are currently threatening to sue over the issue. Canyon Rim is a convenient place to live with Smith’s Market Place, Café Rio, I-80, […]

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 Olympus Cove is located right at the base of Mt Olympus and is roughly 3300 south  to 4500 south and everything east of 3500 east.  The streets in Olympus Cove are very steep and the home prices are too.  Homes start around $300,000 and go up from there.  There are about 10 homes above […]

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Liberty Park  The neighborhoods surrounding liberty park are sometimes called the liberty park area.  The park itself is a large park located east of downtown. The liberty park neighborhood is approximately 600 south to 1700 south and state street to 700 east.   There are a lot of bungalows and older Victorians built in the early […]

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