Mar 7, 2019 | Salt Lake City condos, Salt Lake City homes, Salt Lake Housing Forecast
The Salt Lake Board of Realtors commissioned James Wood from the University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Institute, to provide the Salt Lake Board with an economic and housing forecast for 2019. This is an annual thing, and James Wood is our go-to guy for this...
Jan 31, 2019 | Interest Rates, Salt Lake City home values
The Big Picture in the second half of 2018 has been quite chaotic. Our political system is polarized, which has led to a government shut down, the stock market has been highly volatile, Brexit has gone sideways and global economic growth is cooling down. On a local...
Sep 25, 2018 | Housing Affordability, Salt Lake City home values, Salt Lake County Homes
Over the last couple months, I’ve read some articles that have been cautionary regarding the state of the national real estate market, specifically in the metro areas in the western U.S., where homes are expensive, the housing market has rallied since the Great...
Aug 7, 2018 | Salt Lake City real estate, The Great Salt Lake, Utah Water
In my last newsletter, I mentioned that the Colorado River was very low when we were floating the river in early July, and that 2018 is the 4th worst water year on the Colorado River, in 85 years of record keeping. This month I’m going to talk about the water...
Jul 12, 2018 | Low Housing Inventory, Salt Lake City condos, Salt Lake City home values, Salt Lake City real estate
I love that the 4th of July fell on a Wednesday this year, it worked out well for traveling! We left Tuesday afternoon July 3rd, and headed down to Moab with friends, to float the Colorado River. The daytime highs were over 100 F, but when you’re floating,...
