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A little recession talk* 2008-03-07 18:57:06 I just read an article in Business Week about whether we Americans are talking ourselves into a recession. The author argued that the media can’t make a good economy into a bad one, but maybe it can drive a struggling economy down even further.
Well I think that’s obvious. I know what kind of [...] Read more:little
My favorite homes in Salt Lake City (1)* 2008-03-07 11:07:48 Many people I know have mentioned the McCune mansion as a place they admire as one of the gems of Salt Lake
City, but few know it by that name, or know the history of the place. It truly is one of my favorite homes in Salt Lake. During the summer, when the [...] Read more:Salt Lake City
I-15 at the point of the mountain gets the shaft* 2008-03-05 18:23:09 It looks like I-15 between 12300 South and Lehi will not receive a much needed expansion. Instead, so that we don’t exceed our bonding limits, the freeway expansion will start in Lehi and extend to Spanish Fork.
A generous sum to the tune of $1.8 billion will be spent on the project.
Although I’m kind of [...] Read more:point
You are now reading a Junior High School level blog* 2008-03-05 11:20:41 Here’s some news for readers of this blog - I write at a junior high school level
.
Maybe someday I’ll reach the coveted ‘Genius’ level, but for now I guess you all will have to throw aside your advanced reading skills and bear with me.
But you know, instead of harboring bitterness at not being a member [...] Read more:Junior
, School
Text messaging comes to real estate* 2008-03-12 11:18:31 Gone are the days when text messaging was just a fun way for teens to communicate to each other. Texting has seeped into our families and businesses in a way that many people never thought it would. Even the real estate business is adapting to utilize texting beneficially.
I recently stumbled upon a company [...] Read more:comes
Ivory Homes’ ‘Highbury at Lake Park’ looks promising* 2008-03-11 20:11:08 Back in 2002 when I worked in the Lake Park business complex, I would look out the window at the golf course and open space and think what a nice spot it would be for a little subdivision of homes. Well it turns out that IvoryHomes
thought the same thing as me. [...]
Suncrest experiencing some growing pains* 2008-03-11 12:01:53 The Suncrest development atop Traverse Ridge in Draper is experiencing some growing pains. Suncrest’s developer, Suncrest LLC, has failed to meet its loan obligations with Zion’s Bank, which may result in them having to abandon the development altogether. I don’t know if there has been any recent news announced, but as of today, [...]
The 2008 Utah television ads promise to bring even more vacationers to the state* 2008-03-10 12:10:48 Last year, Utah tourism advertisements did much better than expected. This year, they’re changing the message a little in hopes to bring even more people to the state.
Last week, the Salt Lake Trib reported that March will see the beginning of the Utah tourism advertisements, directed at various states and cities around the country. [...] Read more:promise
Credit crunch, Bear Stearns bailout, Rate cuts….In plain English please.* 2008-03-19 19:56:40 Last night when my wife asked me what the “credit crunch” was all about, I responded, “Well uh, you know, it’s because of the sub-prime mess….and, uh, the banks and….
It was a really bad answer, but truth be told, I didn’t really understand what it was all about. I know about the sub-prime mess [...] Read more:Stearns
, English
Reports say that jobs are down in Utah, yet companies still come* 2008-03-19 19:01:16 Some Utahns say they knew it was only a matter of time until Utah job growth would start to decline like in the rest of the country. The Deseret News showed that it has indeed happened, due mostly to construction industry layoffs.
Yet amid the gloom, companies like Sephora are deciding that Utah is the [...]
Text messaging comes to real estate* 2008-03-19 11:12:53 Gone are the days when text messaging was just a fun way for teens to communicate to each other. Texting has seeped into our families and businesses in a way that many people never thought it would. Even the real estate business is adapting to utilize texting beneficially.
I recently stumbled upon a company that is [...] Read more:comes
The 2008 Utah television ads promise to bring even more vacationers to the state* 2008-03-19 11:10:43 Last year, Utah tourism advertisements did much better than expected. This year, they’re changing the message a little in hopes to bring even more people to the state.
Last week, the Salt Lake Trib reported that March will see the beginning of the Utah tourism advertisements, directed at various states and cities around the country. L.A., [...] Read more:promise
A little recession talk* 2008-03-19 11:10:20 I just read an article in Business Week about whether we Americans are talking ourselves into a recession. The author argued that the media can’t make a good economy into a bad one, but maybe it can drive a struggling economy down even further.
Well I think that’s obvious. I know what kind of stories I [...] Read more:little
Was Governor Huntsman’s speech at the Economic Summit a bunch of ‘bull’? I don’t think so* 2008-03-21 11:56:04 At the Governor
’s Utah EconomicSummit
yesterday, Governor John Huntsman Jr. focused on Utah’s current favorable economic position, outlining a few ways in which we can become better. Yes, he acknowledged that we face uncertain times, but his emphasis was on progress, research, and education.
But in typical newspaper fashion, one local paper decided to [...] Read more:think
I’m predicting BYU over Texas A&M* 2008-03-20 11:29:12 It’s March Madness and I’m happy that Utah has at least one team in the tournament this year.
Today I want to wish some good luck to the men’s BYU basketball team who are facing Texas
A&M in the NCAA tournament, tonight in Anaheim.
Even though I’m a Utah man, I’m happy to see any Utah team [...]
Nice little Utah real estate website* 2008-03-22 17:54:43 Someone on Facebook directed me to this website
called utahhousingfacts.com. It’s not exhaustive by any means, but it’s a nice little
site that reminds us in Utah that real estate is local.
It’s worth a few minutes of browsing. There are some Utah statistics, homeowner benefits, etc. I think it may have been [...]
You could live right next door to Rice-Eccles Stadium* 2008-03-26 12:09:06 It seems like mixed use developments are popping up everywhere in Salt Lake these days. But now the last place I ever expected to see one, just might get one.
The University of Utah is discussing the possibility of developing the land immediately west of the Rice-Eccles Stadium
where the parking lot is now. [...]
Making your home green - where to start* 2008-03-24 12:24:29 There is so much information going around now about going green. We hear it in so many different places and in so many different ways - it can get a little overwhelming. So I’ve tried to simplify and make a list of where to start inside and outside of your home to get [...]
“What’s in your Jell-O?” 2008-03-28 14:47:00 Tonight is opening night here in Utah of a film that I’ve been hearing about, called “Happy Valley”. It is a real-life true story of the huge problem of drug addiction in Utah County - a story that will hopefully help people confront the problem in thier own lives or those around them.
I’m going to [...]
Debunking the Mazda Myth 2008-04-02 17:00:06 There is a presumption swimming around in the heads of some people out there that we in real estate like to call the Mazda
myth (Mazda as in the car company). This myth is prominent among individuals who have bought a car, but never a home. As I’ll explain, these buyers think of home prices and payments [...] Read more:Debunking
Take the leap - hire that home stager 2008-03-31 16:45:18 When it comes time to sell your home, there’s one thing that will have to be dealt with sooner or later - the clutter.
Everybody acquires stuff after living in a place for a few or many years, and there’s nothing wrong with that. It only becomes a potential problem when you put out that [...]
Affordable starter homes just outside Salt Lake City 2008-04-07 16:59:53 One myth that some buyers have been led to believe lately is that if you are looking for a starter home, you’ll have to settle in some way. Either you’ll have to buy one that’s too old for you, too small, or in an area that you don’t think is nice enough for you. People [...]
Fountain in South Jordan 2008-04-05 18:00:46 I took this picture in SouthJordan
, next to my office. There’s a big fountain in an open area next to The Pie Pizzeria and the South Jordan Library. The picture would look much better if there were leaves on those trees, but I guess that will be coming soon. Read more:Fountain
Pottery Barn at Trolley Square hosts a complimentary class on upholstered furniture 2008-04-08 18:17:37 A while back, I wrote about how Pottery
Barn offered a good example of how to stage your home. I was impressed by the catalog I had received in the mail - whoever stages the rooms for their catalog shots does a fantastic job.
It turns out that Pottery Barn acutally does offer lessons in staging, more [...] Read more:Square
, class
Come to our ‘Homebuyer Workshop for a Buyer’s Market’ 2008-04-08 11:21:38 Coming up in the latter part of this month, Derek Cushing of First Fidelity Financial Services and myself will be hosting a ‘Homebuyer Workshop
for a Buyer
’s Market
’.
We agree that there’s a need to inform renters especially about the great opportunities for buying a home in this market. Interest rates are still low, there [...]
A welcome departure from a concrete jungle 2008-04-09 12:14:02 In my opinion, some of the best new residential developments in the Salt Lake Valley are those that sacrifice quantity for quality. By that I mean those developments that aren’t jam-packed with as many houses as will fit - the ones that try to preserve some of what was originally there.
There’s one in particular [...] Read more:concrete
What to do this weekend 2008-04-11 22:04:14 It’s finally going to get warm - or so the weather channel says. And when it gets warm, we all want to be outside and enjoy the new springs growth. So beginning this weekend, Thanksgiving Point is inviting us outside to enjoy the Annual Tulip Festival.
If you go, you’ll see 95 different varieties [...]
Utah home builders who have gone ‘green’ 2008-04-10 11:39:28 I know I’ve been talking a lot lately about ‘going green’ in your home, but it has really sparked my interest and I think it’s important.
One thing that I didn’t talk about last time is who to hire to build a green home for you. I became interested in this question after I paid [...]
View Real-Time Utah Real Estate Market Statistics 2008-04-13 12:39:30 If you are into numbers, graphs, market statistics, etc., then I have got the site for you.
Altos Research provides very informative real-time market information for any city in the Salt Lake City Metro area. When you visit the Salt Lake City Metro page on their website, you’ll be shown various charts that show [...] Read more:Estate
, Market
, Statistics
, Real Estate
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