Alan Barker on September 28th, 2011

My wife and I recently made an offer on a home in Smithfield Utah. Unlike my current house, this home has a full basement. Knowing that most homes on the eastern bench in Utah have high radon levels, and being that I plan to live in this house for a very long time, I decided [...]

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Alan Barker on September 22nd, 2011

Right now mortgage interest rates are the lowest they have ever been, making home ownership much less expensive than renting an equivalent house. I just locked into a 3.75% 30 year fixed mortgage interest rate today. One problem that many potential home buyers have is that they can’t qualify for a home loan because their [...]

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Alan Barker on September 7th, 2011

Logan Home Sales in August were substantially better than they were during July. There was nearly a 32% increase of home sales as 97 residential homes sold. Home sales were also up by nearly 30% from August of a year ago when just 68 Cache County homes sold. August homes sales were up, and it [...]

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