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Salt Lake City board vents after receiving developers' $51 M tax incentives request
1+ week, 5+ day ago (864+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Leaders of Utah's capital city appeared less than thrilled when a developer who was recently punished over a demolished historic building submitted a request to receive incentives on another much larger project. Blaser Ventures and Lowe Property…...
Erma's legacy to live on through Sugar House's newest housing development
3+ week, 3+ day ago (576+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " Erma Rosenhan never married and never had children, but she always cared deeply for her nieces, nephews and other relatives, and her Sugar House neighbors throughout her long life. "She cared more about people than she did…...
Green space or homes? Ogden officials debate future of vacant school property
3+ week, 4+ day ago (451+ words) OGDEN " Six months after Ogden Mayor Ben Nadolski announced plans to convert the grounds of a former school into a park in the name of assuring an abundance of green space, his administration has inked a contract to buy the…...
Single-family housing starts tumble in April
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (359+ words) WASHINGTON " Single-family homebuilding dropped sharply in April and permits for future construction fell, suggesting "the housing market could remain subdued for a while as the Iran war drives up mortgage rates and an oversupply of new houses persists. Single-family "housing…...
Tan France has put his $7. 5 M Salt Lake 'dream house' up for sale
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (336+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " One of Salt Lake City's more recognizable residents has put his home up for sale. Tan France, a fashion designer who became a television personality after Netflix's "Queer Eye," recently listed his 3. 36-acre home in Salt Lake…...
Utah HOA ombudsman launches working group to tackle issues and rising costs
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (408+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " In Utah, homeowners' associations aren't just common, they're nearly unavoidable. Data from the National Association of Homebuilders shows just four out of every five new homes built in the Mountain West belong to an HOA. With lots…...
How Utah homeowners can navigate water conservation efforts and HOA regulations
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (601+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " The month of May is halfway gone, but Utah water leaders and local officials continue to plead with residents to limit irrigation use. The state remains in what the Utah Department of Water Resources calls a "serious…...
New affordable homes bring hope, community to Tooele County
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (345+ words) TOOELE " For Hawa Omar, the dream of owning a home once felt uncertain. Now, thanks to Habitat for Humanity, that dream is within reach " not just for her, but for her daughter, too. "We're both very excited since It's just…...
Will fewer homes than expected be sold in the US this year?
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (476+ words) SALT LAKE CITY " This was supposed to be the year the U. S. housing market rebounded. A 14% increase in existing home sales had been forecast for 2026 by the National Association of Realtors chief economist, Lawrence Yun, a double-digit rise that would have…...
Hidden developers' tax is zapping Utah homebuyers for billions
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1652+ words) The following story was reported by the Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with KSL. com. SALT LAKE CITY " When Don Brown and his wife bought a studio apartment at the exclusive Black Desert resort community outside St. George, they…...