Home Buying
The number of homes for sale in Logan Utah is at its lowest level since April of 2008. That was at the height of the real estate boom for Cache Valley when homes prices were rapidly appreciating. It is typical for real estate inventory to decline during the fall and winter months, but inventory hasn’t [...]
Continue reading about October Sales Up 42% – Logan Real Estate Market Looking Good
Home sales during September in Cache County were pretty impressive. September was the second best month of the year for total home sales. On an annual basis, they were up 32.18% compared with September of last year, as 87 residential homes sold. This marks the fourth straight month that year over year home sales are [...]
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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 [...]
Continue reading about Logan Utah Radon Tests and Due Diligence
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 [...]
I decided to do something new this month, and publish the links to the articles from our real estate newsletter on the blog. These are professionally written articles with all kinds of buying, selling, home loan, and credit tips, and practical home ownership advice. Some of the articles are more useful than others, so feel [...]
For Logan Utah Real Estate, it’s still the dead of winter, there isn’t much snow left, but that doesn’t mean that winter is over, or even close to being over. Spring is typically the busiest time of year for the listing of Logan homes, as most people want to move during the summer months when [...]
Continue reading about Need to Sell Your Home This Summer? You Might Wan’t to List Your Home Now
For the first time in a long time, credit standards have actually loosened in regards to getting a home loan. Borrowers getting FHA home loans can once again get a mortgage with credit scores as low as 580. With no fanfare or public announcements, two of the largest FHA-approved lenders have backed off their controversial [...]
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It’s hard to believe, but 2010 is over. Real Estate sales in Cache Valley were clearly down from the last few years, and home prices are at the lowest they’ve been in four years. Mortgage interest rates are still very low. This storm of changes in real estate market conditions gives an excellent window of [...]
Continue reading about New Years Resolution to Buy Real Estate in 2011
The Utah State University Family Life Center has released their schedule for their First Time Home Buyer workshops for 2011. These workshops provide great information on home buying, using real estate agents, mortgage financing, home inspections, and much more. In addition, buyers looking to take advantage of the Neighborhood Nonprofit Organization Grant Money must attend [...]
Continue reading about USU First Time Home Buyers Class Schedule for 2011
One metric home buyers and real estate agents use as to quickly determine a homes value is the price per square foot. Because homes are of different ages, conditions, and locations, there is no standard $ per square footage that applies for all Cache Valley Homes. There are lots of variables that make $ per [...]
Continue reading about Determining Home Prices by “Price Per Square Foot”
