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Here it is, the end of on hell of a year. There’s so much commentary out there about what went wrong in the world and this country I don’t need to add my two cents worth to the negativity. Instead, how about we venture into some year end house porn and see what the highest […]
When I was a tween I was fascinated by dendrochronology. Basically, I loved to count the tree rings on a log to determine the age of the tree and what the tree survived during its lifetime. Unlike today’s helicopter parents, ours would push us out the door after breakfast and tell us to come home […]
Last summer the Salt Lake City Counsel enacted a legislative intent to explore available options for a street sign program that designates a recognized historic district in the city. For example, if you live east on Laird Avenue, the street sign would said LAIRD AVE and either ‘local historic district’ or ‘local historic district/Yalecrest Neighborhood’. […]
Salt Lake City has over 100 public parks, with the official city website listing various types… like regional, community, neighborhood, and mini-(or pocket) parks, totaling around 100+ green spaces. The city manages different park sizes, from large ones like Liberty Park (80 acres) to smaller neighborhood spots, and includes many amenities like playgrounds, fields, and […]
The most accurate real estate listing sites will always be in the local multiple listing sites (MLS), as this is where data begins. When I meet with a seller(s) to ‘list’ their home, that means the property will then be entered into the MLS system which is a public website for folks to see listings […]
Oh, the things I’ve seen inside homes here in Utah, having sold thousands of homes here in Utah in almost 42 years! Many of my clients have parents that are moving to assisted living or have passed and before the property can go to market it often has to be cleaned out. Folks who lived […]
I am definitely a foodie. My mother was a food columnist, my grandmother one of the first women to cook on television, both aunts were food stylists for major magazines and the Betty Crocker company, and my uncle and his wife had a very famous chefs store in NYC that catered to folks like Julia […]
My guess is that by the time this column gets published, we still won’t have an agreement in congress to fund the federal budget. According to Congress.gov, Utah has 33,961 federal employees in the state and Hill Air Force Base is Utah’s largest single site employer. The impact of both civilian and military personnel not […]
People are becoming more and more concerned about their own economic situations given government policies and that fact is being supported by different MLS/REALTOR groups around the country. One survey from the mid-Atlantic region found that 75% of Realtors reported at least one buyer pausing their home search, with just under a third of those […]
Many of us Boomers grew up with a toy train set at home. I had to laugh when I recently sold a home for a couple hilarious senior citizens and discovered the entire basement housed a miniature train set and scenery that he built over the years with fake mountains, a town with a gas […]