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Summertime and traveltime go hand in hand. The weather warms up and folks want to get out and explore, and since the Pandemic stopped so many travel plans, Americans have been on the web booking travel plans to near and far off places. Many of those destinations require passports, and lucky Utah is going to […]
The National Assn. of Home Builders have chimed in about what home buyers really seem to want these days. In their most recent national survey of builders involved in erecting homes, not condos, the data showed that smaller home construction is the norm (less square feet) became obvious in 2023 and is continuing this year […]
I went to a friend’s new office at 95 South State Street-you know, the all-glass 25 story building that sits on the corner of 100 South and State, just west of Harmons. It’s a beautiful building inside but what really impressed me is the fact there is a four story meeting house for the Church […]
I recently had a new client to the area wonder about sex offenders that were located in a neighborhood where she wanted to purchase a new home. Her concerns were especially strong as she has two very young children and wants a safe neighborhood to live in upon closing escrow. She Googled a particular address […]
In the past six weeks I’ve had three flat tires from driving around downtown. Each time my hero ‘Joey’ at Burt Brothers tires has pulled out a long sheet rock screw out of my tire. This maddening fact is due to the massive amount of construction downtown, and between the awful potholes and the detritus […]
I have a lot of friends who say, “If Trump gets elected again, I’m moving to Canada and buying a home there!” Um, sorry kids, but unless you’re a Canadian citizen, you cannot purchase residential property as of January 2023. Well, so how does one become a Canadian? Marriage to a Canadian citizen does not […]
The LDS Church has 335 Temples around the world in various phases of operation. Some are in full operation; others are under construction or being remodeled. I’m not a member of the faith and in all the years I’ve been in Utah I’ve never actually been inside Mormon holy ground. When a Temple is being […]
Movie makers and celebrities love Utah for so many reasons. Our natural beauty is a draw with our Big 5 national park vistas. Our workforce is well versed in all things movie and TV making and Utah loves to give out tax incentives for films to be made here. Just in the past decade Utah […]
Traditionally people like to wait until Spring to put their home on the market. If they have kids, they might be out of school in May so April is a good time to go to market. Right now there are so few homes available that it’s a really great time to sell because of low […]
Often people believe that the first homes in Utah were built in Salt Lake City upon Brigham Young and his followers supposedly claiming, ‘This is the place!’ He led his Mormons here and founded Salt Lake City in 1947 and over the following decade 90 Mormon settlements arose in the state. Nope, the first recorded […]