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Redman building in Sugar House recently had a face lift. Top photo is the old and bottom is the new.

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I have just put together the absorption rates for November 23, 2007. The number is found by taking the total number of homes on the market for a specific zip code and dividing that number by the total number of homes sold in that zip during the last 30 days. Keep in mind […]

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I had been hearing rumors of a moratorium on condo conversions in Salt Lake City so yesterday I went down to the City and County Building and talked with the planner of the day. Here is what I found out.
 
There is an administrative hold on all new condo and all condo conversion projects at […]

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I was driving around with some real estate professionals from another city in the Western States the other day and they asked an interesting question: “Where are all the For Sale signs?”
From headlines in the Tribune and maybe from some of my blog entries you might think that every fourth house would have a […]

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There is a new “no cost” alternative to home staging on the market and they are calling it Designer Hometending. The Designer Hometending (DHT) team finds renters who live in the home while it is on the market. They aree to take care of the house, furnish it, and pay utility bills. […]

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The area above Foothill Dr is referred to by a few different names and has a few small neighborhoods within it. The area includes St Mary’s, “above the zoo”, and “by the H rock” neighborhoods.
 
Recently, the neighborhood was given a lift by the addition of 12.6 acres of land preserved in perpetuity for open […]

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Salt Lake City is the second least risky mortgage market in the U.S. next to Honolulu. This is according to an October 2007 report from Corelogic , a independent company that tracks foreclosure risk across the U.S. This is because Hawaii is the best place to surf waves in America and Utah is […]

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It is not too late to register for the Turkey Trot coming to Salt Lake City. It is a 5K walk/run that starts at Fairmont Park. Since we are pass the November 4th deadline, the cost is $20.00 instead of $15.00 and you don’t get a t-shirt. I am going to […]

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The Harvard Yale Area of Salt Lake is probably best known for its large mature trees. The area gets its name from the two streets that wind through the area; Harvard and Yale. This neighborhood has some of the most architecturally significant homes in the valley. Here you will find large old homes […]

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This week I was driving up Emigration Canyon to go mountain biking and the Sun and Moon café had been converted into a 1950’s highway gas station. (see photo above) They were either shooting a movie or a t.v. show but by the looks of the trailers at the bottom […]

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