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Each month, researchers measure home values in 20 large U.S. cities, then compile their findings in a report called the Case-Shiller Index.  It's a popular measurement of housing health across the country, but it's far from perfect.  As 3 examples:It gives more weight to expensive homes than inexpensive onesIts sample ...

Low interest rates increase buying powerPresident’s MessageChris Sloan                Two weeks ago, interest rates for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage in Utah were at their lowest point on record in Freddie Mac’s weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey, which dates ...

Mortgage Rates Higher On April's 539,000 Jobs LostEven though employment in Utah is among the nations highest, it makes little difference when it comes to how lenders price Home Mortgage rates. A downturn nationaly and the effects are felt in Salt Lake County, Davis County, Utah County as well as Tooele County just as if they were in ...

For the second consecutive month, the number of Utah homes for sale that are under contract to sell increased -- further evidence that housing markets may have already bottomed. According to the Wasatch Front Regional Multiple Listing Service, (MLS), the three most populated areas in Northern Utah Salt Lake County, Davis County, and Utah County ...

Who wouldn't want $14,000 in incentives to buy a New Home in Utah? Impossible you say?   It's finally happened! Governor Huntsman signed SB260, the "Home Run" stimulus bill!  As I previously outlined, the Home Run program will allow buyers that purchase a new, never been lived in home to qualify for a ...