Home Ownership

Marvin Jensen on September 5th, 2009

The wildly successful Home Run Grant for buyers who purchased new construction is back! There are a few changes to the program like the amount for each grant and what properties qualify.
According to The Utah Housing Corporation these are the people who qualify:
A total of approximately 1,950 grants of $4,000 each will be available. Only [...]

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Marvin Jensen on February 11th, 2009

UPDATE: 2/12/09; 4:41 p.m. MST from Inman News:
According to a summary of the compromise bill released by lawmakers Thursday, the tax credit will still be available only to first-time homebuyers — those who haven’t owned a principal residence in the last three years. But they won’t have to pay it back, as is currently the [...]

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Marvin Jensen on February 9th, 2009

Just released; 4th quarter real state statistics for 2008. This includes the counties of Salt Lake, Davis, Tooele, Utah, and Weber. These are provided by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors and have not been made available to the media as of this posting.
Summary of Results:

Salt Lake County: Median Price; $239,500, down 0.17%
Davis County: Median [...]

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