Yalecrest

Marvin Jensen on July 7th, 2010

The Salt Lake City Council carved out a section of the Yalecrest area from the Historic Designation process on Tuesday nights meeting, see map. They also unanimously voted to restrict demolition of any home built after 1942 without the Historic Landmark Commission approval, even though the neighborhood is not designated as Historic yet, this is [...]

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Marvin Jensen on July 6th, 2010

June home sales jumped from May from 3 under contracts to 10! Solds were 5, up one from 4 in May.  There are 35 current listings, which gives us a 3.5 month supply of inventory, which technically makes Yalecrest a sellers market, but remember, prices have continued to come down, about 8.4% so far this [...]

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Marvin Jensen on June 30th, 2010

Last year I posted about this tear down at 1849 E Herbert. Today see the before and after pictures. It is a beautiful home… just wonder what you think?

This home has gone from just under 2000 sq ft, to approximately 4500 sq ft. Do you think it is overbuilt for the lot? Does the architecture [...]

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With the recent oil spill running through Red Butte Creek and our neighborhood, I won’t re-hash the latest news of the event, you can find info here and  pictures here. I want to focus on an issue some have not addressed yet. What do you do if you are a homeowner, and your property abuts [...]

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Marvin Jensen on June 1st, 2010

May 2010 statistics for Yalecrest decreased by half compared to April sales. Properties under contract were 3 and those that closed were 4. Total inventory increased from 27 to 35. The market absorption and inventory numbers increased slightly as well.
UNDER CONTRACT HOMES

SOLD HOMES

MAY 2010 ABSORPTION RATE

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Marvin Jensen on April 30th, 2010

I am looking for some interested writers that would like to participate in adding content to this site. I think it would be great to have a variety of voices from the neighborhood. Topics could be about schools, church activities, special events, fundraisers, you name it, we can add it. If you don’t want to [...]

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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 April 27th, 2010

UPDATE, APRIL 22, 2010: There was a meeting Thursday night at Bonneville School to discuss this new Local Historic Designation for the Yalecrest Neighborhood. About 400 people attended. Kirk Huffaker, Executive Director, Utah Heritage Foundation, explained the process of the Local Historic Preservation process, J.T. Martin and Jill Love explained [...]

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Marvin Jensen on February 11th, 2010

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Marvin Jensen on January 15th, 2010

The statistics are out from the Wasatch Front Multiple Listing Service and the numbers are mixed. Homes sale for the 4th quarter of 2009 skyrocketed 55% from the 4th quarter of 2008. The number of sold homes was 20 in Q4 2009 compared to 9 in Q4 2008. Prices, however, were lower by 3%. The [...]

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