Local Area Index

Contact Dwell Utah

If you have any questions or need more detailed information, please feel free to contact me by phone at (801) 891-1472 or fill out our form to the right and let us know how we can help with your real estate needs.

Office Location Ronald Ogden, Principal Broker
Dwell Utah Real Estate
99 North Foxhill Road
North Salt Lake, Utah 84054
Phone: (801) 891-1472
Fax: (801) 298-1512

Dwell Utah Real Estate Blog

<< 1 2

Google Helps Buyers Find Homes

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 at 9:18am. 255 Views, 4 Comments.

One the of the greatest features of the internet is its ability to allow people all over the world find local and specific information easily and efficiently.  For Real Estate, this means that homebuyers can easily find homes for sale that meet specific buyer criteria.  A typical home search might be:  Find homes in Salt Lake City's Sugarhouse neighborhood with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a remodeled kitchen.  With just these few keystrokes, Google will find and display the 30 or so homes that meet your specific home search criteria.  What could be better!

Google Banned From Real Estate Listings?

Some people think that "better" would be to ban Google from being able to display this information all together!  Google (and other search engines) provide the…

Utah Home Buyers Can Save Up to $14,000

Monday, April 20th, 2009 at 12:39pm. 182 Views, 1 Comments.

With two recently passed government incentives, Utah home buyers can save up to $14,000 when they purchase a new home.  Under the terms of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the federal goverment is offering first-time homebuyers an $8,000 tax credit.  Not to be outdone, the State of Utah has also approved a bill offering up to $6,000 in incentives to buyers who purchase a new construction home in Utah.  Here are the details of each program:

$8,000 Federal Tax Credit For First-Time Homebuyers

  • Home must be purchased between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009
  • The credit is calculated as 10% of the purchase price, with a maximum credit of $8,000
  • The full credit is available to tax-filers with modified adjusted gross incomes (MAGI) of $75,000…

Realtors Save You Money - In More Ways Than One!

Friday, April 3rd, 2009 at 2:34pm. 174 Views, 0 Comments.

Recently the Utah Title & Escrow Commission passed a ruling requiring minimum fees for escrow services related to buying and selling a home in Utah.  While in the past, typical fees ranged from $150 to $200 per transaction, the new required fees vary based on the sale price of the home and range from $150 to $350 per transaction.

Why Minimum Escrow Fees?

For years, the Utah Code has required Title Companies to charge no less than their cost for Escrow Services they provide to consumers.  These services include coordinating with lenders, Realtors, home buyers and home sellers, preparing paperwork related to the purchase or sale of a home (including preparing deeds and other legal documents), recording these documents with the county clerk when the transaction…

Has Your Home's Value Really Gone Down?

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 at 11:20pm. 147 Views, 0 Comments.

With so much media coverage of the downward spiral of the housing market, it is easy to draw the conclusion that your home’s value in the last year has also taken a heavy hit. But that may not necessarily be the case.

Problems with Case-Schiller

The Case-Schiller housing index, one of the most widely watched measures of home value trends, reports US housing prices have decreased approximately 20% annually for the past two years, based on the 20 metropolitan areas the measure tracks. But Salt Lake City is not one of those areas. Further, Case-Shiller, like most other housing-price measures, compares the prices of homes selling today with the prices of homes that sold last quarter or last year. In today's market, maybe that comparison isn't the most accurate.…

<< 1 2

My Account

Log in, to view your saved searches and add to your favorite listings.

Sign Up Here For Your FREE Account

... So You Can:

  • View detailed property information
  • Print detailed property flyers
  • Save your searches & favorite homes
  • Inquire about a private showing
  • Map individual property locations
  • Share your favorite homes with friends