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Where is Housing Headed for the Rest of 2016?

Where is Housing Headed for the Rest of 2016?

Posted In Buying A New Home, Buying Land, Home Builders, Home Buyers, Housing Inventory, New Construction, New Home Builders, New Home Financing, New Home Mortgage

  With the overall economy just inching along, some experts are questioning whether the housing market can continue its momentum throughout the rest of the year. People are beginning to ask questions such as: • Will disappointing economic news adversely […]

May 16, 2016 Read More
Mortgage Rates Remain at Historic Lows

Mortgage Rates Remain at Historic Lows

Posted In Buying A New Home, New Home Financing, New Home Mortgage

The latest report from Freddie Mac shows that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 3.61% last week, slightly down from the week before (3.66%), and nearly 20 points lower than a year ago (3.80%). This is great news for homebuyers who […]

May 10, 2016 Read More

4 Reasons To Move Up To Your Dream Home This Spring

Posted In Buying A New Home, Home Builders, Home Buyers, Housing Inventory, New Home Building, New Home Financing, New Home Mortgage, Utah Quick Move In Ready Homes

Spring is in full force; the summer months are right around the corner. If you are debating moving up to your dream home, here are four great reasons to consider listing your current home and moving up to your dream […]

May 9, 2016 Read More

Garbett Homes Partnership With Energy Department

Posted In Buying A New Home, Custom Home Builder, Design Ideas, Energy Efficient Homes, Green Home Builders

Garbett Homes, a Department of Energy (DOE) Housing Innovation Award winner, announced their commitment to certify all 15 single-family homes in the new community of Treseder at Little Cottonwood as DOE Zero Energy Ready Homes.

June 25, 2015 Read More

Have You Outgrown Your Current Home? Here Are Five Easy Ways to Tell if It’s Time to Upgrade Your Home

Posted In Buying A New Home, Home Builders, Housing Inventory, New Construction, New Home Builders, New Home Building, New Home Financing, New Home Mortgage

Your Home is your castle, your own little piece of the American dream. But lately, your little corner of the world has been feeling cramped and you find yourself eyeing those brand new larger homes. Is it time to pull up stakes and move on from your starter home?

March 13, 2015 Read More

Let There Be Light! 3 Easy Ways To Make Over A Room By Adding New Light Fixtures

Posted In Design Ideas, Do It Yourself, Items for your home

Light is an important design element that can be used to influence your interior decor in a number of ways. In fact, you can experience a major transformative change on the overall style and ambiance of a room by making a few simple lighting changes.

January 13, 2015 Read More

The Pros and Cons of Buying a New Home Versus Buying Pre-owned

Posted In Buying Land, Custom Homes, Home Builders, Home Buyers, New Construction, New Home Builders, New Home Building, New Home Financing

Are you thinking about buying a new home? Congratulations!

Buying a house, condo or townhouse is an exciting and rewarding time which tends to be a lot of fun. However, along the way you’ll need to make a number of decisions – including whether you want to buy a pre-owned home or one that has been built recently and is brand new.

October 14, 2014 Read More

14 New-Home Design Trends for 2014

Posted In Custom Home Builder, Design Ideas, Items for your home, New Home Building, Uncategorized

What the buyer wants is top of mind when it comes to new-home design.
Nick Lehnert*, executive director at Irvine, Calif.–based KTGY, and Mollie Carmichael, principal at John Burns Real Estate Consulting in Irvine, assembled for BIG BUILDER 14 ethnographically informed design trends.

October 2, 2014 Read More

Three High-Tech Upgrades That Will Increase Your Home’s Appeal to Young Buyers

Posted In Energy Efficient Homes, Home Buyers, Items for your home, New Construction, New Home Building

Millennials are finally starting to enter the real estate market after delaying home purchases for several years. With a completely new client base looking for homes, it is time to start making your home more appealing to these young buyers.

October 1, 2014 Read More