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FOX 13 News Says Now is Good Time To Sell and Buy a Home
FOX 13 News on March 27 said it's a good time to sell or buy a home. The inventory of homes for sale in Salt Lake County in February fell to 5,161 units, down 30 percent from 7,418 units in February 2011. Based on current home sales trends in Salt Lake County over the past year, there is a 5.2-month supply of housing inventory. A five- to six-month supply of housing inventory is considered a normal market.
FOX 13 News on March 27 said it's a good time to sell or buy a home. The inventory of homes for sale in Salt Lake County in February fell to 5,161 units, down 30 percent from 7,418 units in February 2011. Based on...
Home sales by REALTORS in January were up 30 percent compared to January 2011. This is the eighth consecutive month of increases (year-over-year). The Salt Lake Tribune reported on this increase in its Feb. 23 edition, noting that January's home sales represented the highest...
Salt Lake Board of REALTORS communications director Dave Anderton said the Board's preliminary numbers for September home sales showed a 30 percent increase over September 2010. Official numbers for September and the third quarter are not released until Oct. 27.Still, the September preliminary figure...
Salt Lake City's housing market was featured in an in-depth profile by Inman News, a San Francisco-based Web magazine focused on real estate news and research. The Sept. 19th story, "Real Estate Sales Rebound in Salt Lake City," highlighted this past summer's rising home sales...
On Aug. 26, KSTU-FOX News reported that more than 1,000 homes were sold by REALTORS in Salt Lake County in July, up 35 percent from 752 home sales in July 2010.The story ran at 6 a.m. on the FOX13 Good Day Utah show and...
KSL Radio reported that "for three years in a row, the average homeowner saw property values drop in Salt Lake County. At the same time, many are paying higher taxes." In recent weeks, home owners have received letters from the county assessor's office saying how...
Radio station KUER 90.1 reported on July 29 that home sales in Salt Lake County in June were nearly unchanged compared to the same month last year. However, home prices (all housing types) fell 12 percent in June....
The Salt Lake Tribune reported in its July 7th edition that 70 families at The Road Home shelter discovered that "Christmas can come in July.""The families, among the homeless being aided by The Road Home shelter, were provided with basic daily living necessities and...
The Deseret News on June 14 featured a story on renting vs. buying. The story cited a survey by the National Association of Home Builders in which 31 percent of respondents said their biggest barrier to owning a home was saving for a down...
The Salt Lake Tribune featured several local REALTORS in a story about preparing a home for resale. The story urged home sellers to declutter and fix unrepaired items. "Have someone who isn’t in your home every day give your home the sniff test," the...
KCPW News Radio reported that the number of foreclosures in Utah is on the decline.The number of foreclosures in the state in April fell nearly 14 percent since March of this year, and nearly 31 percent since April of 2010, the report said. Nationwide,...
KSL-NBC reported on one segment of Utah's housing market that remains strong -- sales of million-dollar homes. Watch the story here....
Sales of existing homes in Salt Lake County in March totaled 940 units (all housing types), down 8 percent compared to 1,020 units sold in March 2010, but up 25 percent compared to sales in March 2009, according to the Salt Lake Board of...
Home sales across Utah jumped 2 percent in February compared to the same month a year ago, according to the Utah Association of REALTORS. The uptick in sales was reported by KSL-NBC News on April 1. The 6 p.m. news segment had a Nielsen...
KSTU-FOX News reported that the median home price in Salt Lake County in February fell to $180,000, down 13 percent compared to a median price of $206,500 in February 2010. February's median home price was the lowest on record since January 2006.There are roughly...
KSTU-FOX News reported on March 1 that home sales in Salt Lake County were up 7 percent in January compared to the same month last year.January's sales were significant because this year there was no $8,000 federal home buyer tax credit available. ...
On Sunday, Feb. 27, The Salt Lake Tribune reported on how much home $200,000 purchases. "At the height of the Wasatch Front’s real estate market, finding a home in great condition for around $200,000 wasn’t all that easy," the Tribune said. "But after three years...
The Deseret News reported that more people purchased homes in the Taylorsville/Kearns area during the fourth quarter of 2010 than any other city along the Wasatch Front.\"Data from the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS indicated that there were 151 existing single-family homes sold in...
The Salt Lake Tribune reported on Jan. 28 that there are signs of improvement in Salt Lake Valley\'s residential real estate market, which has been mired in one of the worst downturns ever.Although single-family home prices in Salt Lake County were down 4 percent...
DeAnna Dipo, President of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was the focus of a live interview on KSTU-Fox 13 News on Jan. 15 on the station’s Good Day morning show. Citing a recent study commissioned by the Board, Dipo said the worst of...
Jasen Lee, a reporter for the Deseret News, covered this year\'s 2011 Salt Lake Housing Forecast breakfast. Lee\'s story ran on Jan. 12 at the top of the business page.\"Finally, some good news on the Salt Lake area housing front,\" Lee said. \"The worst...
Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was interviewed by KSL Radio on Dec. 28 regarding a Case-Shiller report that showed house-price declines in several U.S. cities.Heiner noted that while home prices have fallen in Salt Lake, the worst price declines...
The number of foreclosed homes being bought and sold across the country and in Utah is falling significantly, a new report indicated. The RealtyTrac Third Quarter 2010 U.S. Foreclosure Sales Report showed that foreclosed homes accounted for 25 percent of all U.S. residential sales in...
In case you missed it, Salt Lake City this past summer made the No. 5 spot in the Best U.S. Cities for the Next Decade, according to Kiplinger\'s Personal Finance magazine.According to the story, \"the Salt Lake valley offers a variety of distinctive neighborhoods...
KSTU-Fox 13 featured Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, in a TV interview on home prices. Heiner said that with interest rates as low as they are, housing prices are favorable and the \"affordability window is wide.\" In fact, a handful...
Home prices along the Wasatch Front mostly held steady for the past year, but the number of people selling their houses took a steep decline, the latest figures show.\"There is still a lot of downward price pressure in the market,\" said Bill Heiner, president...
Utah ranks second in the nation in the largest drop in REALTOR membership numbers. KSL News Radio on Oct. 25 featured a story on the state\'s declining REALTOR numbers.As of September 2010, there were 13,536 REALTORS in Utah, down 12.63 percent compared to the...
Television stations KSL-TV and KTVX-ABC covered the presentation of a $22,000 check by the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS to The Road Home, a Salt Lake City shelter fighting homelessness.Representing the Board were: Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS; Bryan...
Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was interviewed during a live broadcast on KSL News radio on Wednesday, Sept. 29. Heiner said that August home sales in the Salt Lake area showed an increase over July (7 percent increase), suggesting that...
Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, talked about Salt Lake\'s housing market in a live interview on ABC-KUCW on Sept. 23.Heiner said August\'s home sales were down compared to a year ago, but that sales in the first eight months...
A story in the Salt Lake Tribune outlined how homeowners can find out what their homes are worth. \"It doesn\'t matter what you paid for your home,\" the story said. \"It also doesn\'t matter how much you owe on your mortgage. What your neighbor...
Sales of existing homes in Salt Lake County fell 36 percent in July, making it the lowest sales tally for a July since the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS started keeping electronic records in 1996. In July there were 709 homes and condos sold, down from...
A column by Bryan Kohler, CEO of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was featured in the Aug. 12 edition of Salt Lake City Weekly. Kohler\'s piece centered on a proposed plan that would forgive a portion of mortgage debt on loans held by...
Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was featured on the Foreclosure Boys radio show (570 AM) on Aug. 7. Heiner said the market has a \"ways to go\" to make a complete recovery. \"Foreclosure homes are the bargains out there...
The Salt Lake Tribune reported: \"Call it the post home-buying tax-credit letdown. A rush to take advantage of a federal incentive worth as much as $8,000 pushed single-family home sales in Salt Lake County up by more than 10 percent in the second quarter...
FOX 13 News reported that home sales are up across Salt Lake County. \"West Valley City had the most sales for the past quarter,\" the story noted.Bill Heiner, President of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was featured in the story and said that...
KSL-NBC featured Ryan Kirkham, Past President of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, in a story on record low mortgage interest rates. Kirkham said he had been in the business for 17 years and never had seen rates as low as today\'s.The average 30-year...
Two television stations and the Deseret News covered this year\'s Christmas in July event on July 9 at The Road Home. KSL-NBC and KTVX-ABC interviewed Bill Heiner, President of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS. Each station ran the stories in their evening news...
The Salt Lake Tribune reported that the LDS Church has lowered its prices on condominiums in the City Creek development in downtown Salt Lake City. At the 20-story Regent, set for completion in 2011, prices originally ranged from $300,000 to $1.7 million. Those prices now...
The Deseret News reported that Salt Lake County\'s median home prices fell to $200,000 in May, down 11 percent compared to a median price of $225,000 in May 2009. \"Regardless, residential sales increased 24 percent for the first five months of this year, compared to...
ABC 4 News reported that there is an eight-month supply of homes for sale in Salt Lake County. \"Right now the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS says there are 7,307 active listings,\" the story noted.The news segment quoted Bill Heiner, President of the Salt...
While U.S. home sales in May showed a surprising fall, in Salt Lake County home sales rose more than 20 percent, according to a story in the Salt Lake Tribune.\"More than 1,200 existing homes in Salt Lake County changed hands in May, up 20...
The Salt Lake Tribune ran a feature story on the reasons why home owners have to short sell their homes. Mary Olsen of Keller Williams South Valley Realty and a member of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS was quoted in the story as saying...
The Deseret News spotlighted the Board\'s annual Shrimpfest Charity Dinner and Auction held June 18 at Snowbird Resort. \"This year we expect to raise even more money for the Road Home,\" said Bill Heiner, President of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS. \"A rise in...
Bryan Kohler, CEO of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was featured in City Weekly on the benefits of hiring a REALTOR.Kohler said that REALTORS have three distinct advantages compared to individuals with homes for sale by owner. They include: connections, time and information.Real...
KSL-TV featured a South Jordan woman who stands to lose her home in foreclosure following the death of her husband. Andrea Dailey said her name was not on the deed or the mortgage of the home. Since her husband died more than a year ago without...
The Deseret News described Salt Lake\'s home sales in April as \"soaring.\" Home sales in Salt Lake County in April were up 30 percent compared to April 2009. \"More affordable home prices are continuing to drive sales,\" said Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake...
Bill Heiner, President of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was featured in a column in the Spaces section of the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News. Heiner said that Salt Lake\'s home prices peaked a year after prices peaked nationally.\"Salt Lake City has...
Bryan Kohler, CEO of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, analyzed housing prices in a column in Salt Lake City Weekly. Kohler\'s column focused on rising home prices across many U.S. cities. Here in Salt Lake City home prices are still falling. However, Kohler...
The National Association of Realtors reported that 91 out of 152 metropolitan areas in the U.S. showed median single-family home prices increased in this year\'s first quarter compared to a year ago. In Utah, however, home prices fell 11.4 percent in the first quarter compared...
KUTV-CBS featured a story on foreclosed homes that are becoming targets of vandalism. Investors and others buying foreclosed properties should keep a close eye on their properties, according to Ryan Kirkham, past president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS. Kirkham said that if...
The Enterprise newspaper reported that sales of single-family homes climbed 15.3 percent in Salt Lake County in this year\'s first quarter. There were 1,716 homes sold in the county from Jan. 1 through March 31 compared to 1,489 home sales in the same three-month...
The Salt Lake Tribune reported on April 27, that home sales along the Wasatch Front are up dramatically so far this year, but questioned what will happen next now that a federal buying incentive of up to $8,000 is expiring.\" Certainly, the federal tax credit...
KSL-NBC TV reported that \"nearly every ZIP code in Salt Lake County saw increases in single-family home sales\" in this year\'s first quarter compared to last year. \"Salt Lake\'s west side saw the biggest jump of more than 122 percent,\" the story noted....
The Deseret News reported that local home sales are peaking in Utah and nationwide as homebuyers try to take advantage of government tax breaks due to expire at the end of the month. The president of the Utah Association of Realtors told the Deseret News...
The Deseret News on Sunday April 18 and Monday April 19 ran a two-part series on Utah\'s housing prices. The in-depth story focused on Salt Lake City\'s housing prices and noted that sellers are still dropping asking prices in order to attract home buyers....
The Salt Lake Tribune highlighted the successful statewide and national Open House event held on April 10. \"The events are coming at a time when single-family home sales in the Salt Lake City area appear to be perking up,\" the Tribune reported. Preliminary numbers from...
KUTV Channel 2 News reported on the April 10 statewide open house event. \"Time is running out for those firstk-time home buyers wanting to get an extra $8,000 from the federal government,\" the segment reported. \"Sixteen hundred homes will be open up to the public...
California continues to teeter on the verge of financial collapse. The dire situation is forcing businesses and people to flee the Golden state and move to Utah, named the Best Managed State in 2008 by the Pew Center.Bryan Kohler, CEO of the Salt Lake...
KSL Radio featured Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, in a two-minute live interview on Salt Lake County\'s climbing home sales. While home prices continue to dip, home sales for the past five consecutive months have increased on a year-over-year...
The Enterprise newspaper reported that one-quarter of the Salt Lake Board\'s agents have left the association since year-end 2008 when there was roughly 8,500 members. As of early January this year, that number had dropped to roughly 6,200 members....
The Salt Lake Tribune ran a feature story on Sunday, March 14 that focused on how buyers are getting more home for their money. Full story: http://www.sltrib.com/ci_14657084?IADID=Search-www.sltrib.com-www.sltrib.com...
FOX 13 Utah reported that time is running out for first-time home buyers who want to save thousands of dollars with the new federal tax credit. The deadline has been extended to April 30 in order to increase home sales and revive the real estate market. \"Those...
Bryan Kohler, CEO of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was a featured guest on 105.7 KNRS. The hour-long radio program -- \"Real Estate With the Marshall\" -- featured many topics including transfer taxes, transfer fees, meth houses and short sales....
The Salt Lake Board of REALTORS recognized its 2009 Top REALTOR Award winners in two full-page advertisements that ran in the Sunday editions March 7 of the Salt Lake Tribune and the Deseret News. The two newspapers have a combined circulation of nearly 200,000...
The Salt Lake Tribune featured Bill Heiner, President of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, in its Tradewinds section on Feb. 25....
With their low down payments and more lenient requirements, are FHA loans now taking the place of subprime loans? The Salt Lake Tribune examines the popularity of FHA loans....
Utah home sales made a leap from 2008, but what\'s good for the buyer isn\'t necessarily good for the seller....
Bill Heiner, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was featured in a column in the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune on Feb. 6....
The Salt Lake Tribune featured the quarterly Salt Lake Board of REALTORS\' Housing Market Report in its Jan. 28 issue....
Bryan Kohler, CEO of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, was featured in a Jan. 28 column in City Weekly on short sales....
The Deseret News on Jan. 12 featured a story titled, \"Utah Outlook on Housing Is Improving.\"...
UtahBusiness.com distributed the Salt Lake Board\'s press release on the 2010 Housing Forecast to more than 4,000 subscribers on Jan. 13....
2010 Housing Forecast report predicts increase in sales, but sliding prices....
One of the most affordable housing markets in the Salt Lake area has become even more so after a two-year slide in home values along the Wasatch Front. Median home prices in West Valley City are down more than 12 percent from a peak...
The Salt Lake Board of REALTORS reported sales of existing homes and condos climbed 77 percent in November. There were 1,071 homes and condos sold in November compared to 606 sales in November of 2008. The median price of all homes sold in November...
The Salt Lake Board of REALTORS reported that sales of existing homes and condominiums climbed 77 percent in November. November\'s sales were up 15 percent compared to 928 sales in November 2007....
Please note that the Salt Lake Board Offices & REALTOR Store will be closed on the following dates:December 24 & 25 in observance of the Christmas holiday December 31 and January 1, 2010 in observance of the New Year\'s holiday...
KUTV-CBS Channel 2 reported that sales of existing homes climbed 24 percent in October. “That’s the biggest year-to-year increase since electronic records started in 1995,” the story noted. The 5 p.m. newscast on Nov. 30 had a Nielsen audience 243,194 people....
The REALTOR Store has stocked up on the perfect holiday gifts for your clients, friends and family. By popular demand \"Happenings Books\", Salt City Candles, and 2010 holiday magnet calendars (business card size) are all available for purchase.The store is also offering a holiday...
The Salt Lake Board of REALTORS reported that sales of existing homes and condominiums climbed 24% in October. There were 1,061 homes/condos sold in October compared to 855 sales in October 2008. The Salt Lake Tribune reported on the sales increase and quoted SLBR...
Former HUD Secretary, Henry Cisneros and Ryan Kirkham, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS, were featured on FOX 13 News on Oct 8. Cisneros and Kirkham agreed that this is the best time to buy a home in the past two years....
The Salt Lake Tribune reminded home buyers that the $8,000 Federal Tax Income Credit expires on Nov. 30. The Oct 2 story included comments by Salt Lake City REALTOR DeAnna Dipo and Ryan Kirkham, president of the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS. Salt Lake...
The Salt Lake Tribune ran a story on the new discount brokerage. Not surprisingly, many REALTORS® are not excited by the prospect of advertising with their competitors....
How do most clients find their REALTOR? 38 percent are referred by a friend, family member or neighbor....
Although they phrased it a little differently, sales are moving up along the Wasatch Front....
Wasatch Front Home Sales Decline Along With Prices - By Jasen Lee of the Deseret News...
Decline in Home Prices, Sales Persists Along Wasatch Front - By Leslie Mitchell of the Salt Lake Tribune...
The Salt Lake Tribune posted a story today on new home sales along the Wasatch Front....
NAR announced some good news today on the Appraisal issue. As a result of NAR President Charles McMillan\'s recent efforts and meetings with officials at the FHA, Fannie Mae and the New York Attorney General, two new recommendations were issued to lenders that should...
KSL Radio presented a program on short sales and real estate yesterday afternoon. ...
We\\\'re still working locally to help prevent problems associated with the HVCC put into place in June....
The Salt Lake Board will be switching to a new key system at the end of August. Please prepare to do a full key and lockbox exchange during the week of August 31st. We'll be switching to the new and improved Supra Key system at that...
FIRST QUARTER HOME SALES DOWN 24 PERCENT OVER LAST YEAR, SINGLE-FAMILY HOME PRICES DOWN 6 % FROM PEAK ...
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