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Marvin Jensen on April 28th, 2010

Yet another home has been demolished in our neighborhood. No fanfare or rancor, just quietly gone one day. Looks like this one beat the Salt Lake City 6 month moratorium.

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Marvin Jensen on October 11th, 2009

UPDATE, APRIL 27, 2010 Looks like they are almost finished.

UPDATE October 12, 2009: See these pictures of the progress I took this morning. Still looks to be about 6 months away from completion.
May 7, 2009: At our Yalecrest Community Council meeting last night, Rinaldo Hunt, the developer of Marketplace on 13th, gave us [...]

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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 May 27th, 2009

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Marvin Jensen on April 23rd, 2009

Utah Heritage Foundation will hold its annual Historic Homes Tour on May 2, 2009, from 10 AM to 5 PM in the Yalecrest neighborhood of Salt Lake City.  Yalecrest is Salt Lake City’s newest National Register-listed Historic District, formally receiving that designation in November 2007.   Utah Heritage Foundation held historic home tours in the Normandie [...]

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UPDATE: This home has just been put on the market for $945,000… Let’s find a buyer that will save this home in it’s original historic condition! Click  1547-yale for details.

 

 

 

Residents of Salt Lake City’s Yalecrest neighborhood generally have sacrificed walk-in closets, master bathrooms and three-car garages to live in one-of-a-kind historic homes on charming, tree-lined streets.     
But [...]

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Marvin Jensen on March 2nd, 2009

I have been meaning to add this article for a while now. You really gotta hand it to our new Prez. He sure has some guts to really stick it to those egotistical, greedy, maniacal, CEO’s. You may not agree with the amount but at least he is willing to stand [...]

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Marvin Jensen on February 13th, 2009

Although currently pending legislation may postpone or change the plan, the Utah Division of Public Utilities will be requiring you to dial all ten digits (including area code) for every phone call whether it’s local or long distance starting March 1st, 2009! Make sure that you program the area codes into your cell phone contacts [...]

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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 11th, 2009

Some of you may know that I am a self professed coffee geek.  I love the art of the bean in itself.  I agonize over the perfect shot and foam without bubbles.  I love a mid afternoon Gibraltar or morning double shot cappuccino.  I have posted what I think is the best coffee spot in [...]

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