Trela Bird's (merbtrelab) Blog

When you going through the buying process there are lots of mistakes you can make, but some of them are more common than others. Here are 6 of the most common mistakes made by home buyers. 1. Selecting the wrong neighborhood Selecting the right neighborhoods should be one of the first things you ...

 The second quarter 2014 saw the median home price for a Salt Lake County single family home get to within $1,000 of the record high of $256,000, which was last seen in 2007. The actual price appreciation for the quarter was pretty modest, increasing just 2%. This was on the back of declining hom...

The Daybreak housing market had a good start to the year showing strong home sales and sales prices. The median home price climbed an impressive 19.78% in the first quarter (when compared to the same time last year), with the new median home sales price standing at $305,450. While the number of ...

Home Prices in Salt Lake continued to show positive returns in March 2014, albeit on the back of weaker sales. The median home price for a single family home stood at $248,450 which is an increase of 8.28%. While this is a nice rise, it falls within the narrow sales price band we have seen over t...

The median home price for single family homes rebounded in February hitting the highest level since August 2013. The median sales price for a single family home stood at $249,900, up 6.34% from the same time last year.  While sales prices did see a gain, the actual number of homes sold remained ...

For those people that don’t know, Daybreak is new home development located in South Jordan UT. This master planned community is the largest new home development in Utah and is currently expanding at a great rate, in fact 1 in 6 new homes in Utah is sold in Daybreak. To keep pace with the demand ...

  January is usually the slowest month for home sales, and this year was no exception. There were a total of 15 sales in January, 9 single family homes, 5 townhomes and 1 condo.  The median sales price for a Daybreak home stood at $282,500, up from $250,000 a year ago.  The median price per squar...

  Daybreak Real Estate continued its recovery in 2013, with 356 homes sold a rise of over 20% when compared to 2012. The median home sales price rose steadily, showing a 6.84% increase (which coincidentally is the exact same as in 2012). Homes were selling much faster taking a median of 37 days, ...

The Salt Lake County real estate market softened slightly in November 2013. The number of homes sold declined year on year, with 716 single family homes sold, down from 903 in Nov. 2012. Even with the decline in home sales the median home price climbed to $245,000, an 11.36% increase and the medi...

Salt Lake home prices continued to climb in June 2013. The median price for a single family home broke the $250,000 mark for the first time since June 2008, while the median days on market dropped to just 13 days, the lowest level since June 2006. The market remains strong especially in the lower...