Scott Larson's Blog

All three Park City area ski resorts are now open for the 2013-2014 ski season and today is the first day with significant terrain open at both Deer Valley and Park City Mountain Resort. We are currently getting hit with a major winter storm that should get most/all of the remaining terrain open ...

According to a new report published yesterday by the Department of Commerce, new home sales jumped 25.4% over September, the largest monthly increase in 33 years. September sales were weak, largely due to the looming government shutdown, but once this was resolved buyers came surging back into th...

Swaner Preserve and Ecocenter will hold their annual holiday art market and open house this Saturday December 7th, 2013 from 11 AM to 2 PM with 20 local vendors showcasing and selling their handmade arts and crafts. There will also be a book signing by the Authors of Gilbert the Park City Moose, ...

The Snyderville Basin area of Park City is basically the area to the east of Canyons Resort and down to Jeremy Ranch, Pinebrook and Summit Park.  This is where the ,majority of the year round residents of Park City live, though there are a sprinkling of second homes here as well. Three of the fou...

From October 2012 to October 2013 non farm employment increased in 49 of the 50 states with only Alaska and the District of Columbia showing decreases. Utah came in with a tie for fourth place with Georgia showing a 2.2% year over year gain.   This should bode well for real estate going forward a...

Deer Valley Resort will be the third and last of the Park City ski resorts to open their doors to skiers when they begin operations for 2013-2014 next Saturday December 7, 2013. Deer Valley is always the last of the Park City resorts to open as they never open before the first or second weekend o...

The Silver Baron Lodge in Lower Deer Valley is one of the newer developments in Deer Valley, having been completed in 2005.  Though not true ski-in/ski-out condos they share a shuttle with their next door neighbor, The Lodges at Deer Valley, making for a very convenient ski experience, no automob...

Canyons Resort is set to open this Friday November 29, 2013 making it the second of Park City's three local ski areas to open. They will be opening with reduced lift ticket prices and limited terrain. Call canyons resort at 888-CANYONS for information on lift ticket rates and terrain availability...

We do occasionally eat Thanksgiving Dinner out at a restaurant but this year we are doing it traditionally at home the old fashioned way. For anyone in town visiting or just looking for the day off on Thursday there are a number of options where you can get a great meal with no preparation and no...

When buying a new home one of the first questions that comes to mind for potential buyers is how they will finance their purchase.  Should they lock in a rate now or wait for rates to fall?  Where will mortgage rates be a year from now? As a veteran of 25 years as a trader both on the trading flo...