How to Protect Your Belongings With Insurance
Ensure your coverage includes extended or guaranteed replacement cost to cover spikes in repair costs. Don’t skip flood insurance—99% of counties faced flooding between 1996-2019, according to FEMA.
3 buildings in Utah among hundreds of federal properties ‘designated for disposal’
Three federal properties in Utah, including the IRS Service Center in Ogden, the St. George Federal Building, and the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building in Salt Lake, are among hundreds designated for disposal by the GSA. These buildings are considered “non-core” and...
How Stable Is Utah’s Housing Market?
Utah's housing market has a 20.7% chance of a 5% price drop over the past 25 years, lower than the US 26.4% avg. Since 2000, the median home price ↑ 210%, higher than the national ↑ 196%.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
St Patrick's Day is the day we all turn a bit Irish. 13 million pints of Guinness are consumed worldwide on St. Patrick's Day. Green is now the traditional color of St. Patrick's Day.
US Market Trends: Is Passive Investing Out?
Positive sentiment is growing, with lower interest rates fostering liquidity and selective investment opportunities.Investors must focus on active management and asset selection as the market evolves post-2024.
Utah ranks in the Top 10 states when it comes to the highest percent change in house appreciation, according to the House Price Index by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. The report noted that Utah home prices have appreciated 46.03 percent in the past five years. Nevada posted the highest appreciation at 81.84 percent. Connecticut was the lowest at 7.91 percent. The U.S. five-year average was 34.71 percent. Salt Lake City ranked No. 22 of 383 U.S. metropolitan areas in highest appreciation. Over the past five years home prices in the Salt Lake City area have increased 47.24 percent. The HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. It serves as a timely, accurate indicator of house price trends at various geographic levels. Written by Salt Lake Board or Realtors