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Home Sales Climb

April 29, 2015NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (April 29, 2015) – The Salt Lake Board of Realtors® reported today sales of single-family homes in the first quarter in Salt Lake County increased to 2,563 units sold, a 16 percent rise compared to 2,209 sales in the first quarter of 2014. The top five cities reporting the strongest sales (by highest […]

Rental vs. Mortgage Costs

March 23, 2015NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (March 23, 2015) – Rental costs in Salt Lake County have increased 7 percent over a five-year period from 2009 to 2013, while the cost of a typical mortgage payment during the same period fell 5 percent, according to a Salt Lake Board of Realtors® analysis of American Community Survey data. The median […]

Best of 2014 Awards

February 25, 2015NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (Feb. 25, 2015) – The Salt Lake Board of Realtors® today awarded Tom Colemere the Realtor® of the Year Award at its Best of 2014 Awards ceremony. The event honors Salt Lake’s top real estate professionals based on sales volume and service. Colemere is a Realtor® with Colemere Realty Associates and is a […]

Forecast is Positive

January 30, 2015NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (Jan. 30, 2015) – Despite a few challenges the outlook for the Salt Lake County real estate market in 2015 is positive, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®, which today released the 2015 Salt Lake Housing Forecast report. “We predict that residential sales will increase by 7 percent to 15,500 sales […]

Second Best Year for Home Sales Since 2007

January 28, 2015NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (Jan. 28, 2015) – The number of single-family homes sold in Salt Lake County in 2014 marked the second best sales year on record in nearly a decade at 11,575 units sold, down less than 2 percent compared to 11,767 units sold in 2013, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. “You […]

Prices Rise, Sales Down

October 29, 2014NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (Oct. 29, 2014) – Sales of single-family homes in Salt Lake County fell 3 percent in the third quarter (year-over-year) to 3,251 units sold, down from 3,353 units sold in the third quarter of 2013, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors® Quarterly Housing Report. In the first nine months of 2014 […]

Salt Lake Sees Decline in Q2 Home Sales

July 30, 2014NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (Jul. 30, 2014) – Sales of single-family homes in Salt Lake County fell 9 percent in the second quarter (year-over-year) to 3,298 units sold, down from 3,626 units sold in the second quarter of 2013, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. In the first six months of 2014 home sales dropped […]

Single-Family Home Sales Down 4% in Q1

April 28, 2014NewsArchives

SANDY, Utah (April 28, 2014) – Sales of single-family homes in Salt Lake County fell 4 percent in the first quarter, the first time home sales showed a decline in five years in a first quarter (year-over-year), according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. In the January through March period, 2,158 single-family homes were […]