The Home Buying Tax Credit has clearly had its impact on Logan Utah Real Estate. Unfortunately, not all of it is positive. Because many buyers moved their home purchases forward, we have seen a decrease in home sales over the normally heavy summer months. While home sales are slower than they’ve been recently, there has [...]
Continue reading about Record High Inventory Levels for Logan Utah Real Estate
Here is some more information on the Cache County Tax Assessments from the Herald Journal. They verified that Logan Home Values are down. Apparently I inspired them, as my blog wound up being half their article. Property values across Cache County are down 10 percent, according to the County Assessor’s Office, which sent out property [...]
Continue reading about The Herald Journal: News – Cache property values drop
It’s that time of year again where the Cache County Assessor sends out “property tax” notifications. This nice letter lets you know what the county thinks your property is worth, and how much your property taxes will be going UP the next year (Okay, so property taxes don’t always go up, just usually.) Last year [...]
Continue reading about Tax Record Assessed Home Values Down for Logan
Yesterday I learned that the Neighborhood Nonprofit Housing Corporation offers special programs for people with disabilities. To qualify, families must make less than 80% of the median area income, around $50,000. The HomeChoice program essentially gives a special low interest rate mortgage. For more information visit Neighborhood Nonprofit or call the Home Choice hotline 1-866-493-4500.
Continue reading about Special Mortgages for People With Disabilities
The fact is, many Cache Valley residents are experiencing hard financial times. Even here in Logan, foreclosures are happening. Foreclosures are primarily caused by loss or decreases in household income. Many homes that are foreclosing, don’t actually have to go through foreclosure though. There are options for people having difficulties making their house payments, people [...]
Continue reading about Facing Foreclosure? The Neighborhood Non Profit Organization Can Help
While the popular news these days is usually the lack of jobs and increasing unemployment numbers, things for Cache County jobs are actually pretty good. According to CNN Money, Job Growth in Cache County Utah over the past decade was the 10th best in the nation. This is one of the key factors in making [...]
Continue reading about Cache County Ranks 10th Nationally for Job Growth – CNN Money
Foreclosure numbers in Utah have increased in recent months, and it’s not in a good way. Utah now trails only Nevada, Arizona, California, and Florida as the states in percentage of default borrowers. According to RealtyTrac.com, over the last six months, 1 in every 52 Utah households received a foreclosure notice. In total there were [...]
While the number of total home listings in Cache Valley are up, at a record high actually, the number of Cache Valley Short Sales for sale are actually down. Just 3.62% of the active residential homes for sale in Cache Valley are listed as short sales. Right now Cache County has 885 total residential real [...]
There are all kinds of articles out there giving advise of how to sell your home. But what if you want to list your home just for fun, but don’t want it to sell then what? If you want to make sure that your home doesn’t sell, here are some valuable tips for you. Make [...]
Continue reading about 7 Tips To Make Sure Your Home Never Sells
I read an article this morning that 70% of the home loans in Nevada are under water, meaning that more than two out of every three homeowners in the state of Nevada owes more on their home than it is worth. These people are unable to sell their homes unless they have a huge savings [...]
Continue reading about How to Keep From Having an Underwater Mortgage
