September 2009

St George Home Sales July and August 2009

Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 8:54pm. 744 Views, 0 Comments.

St George Utah real estate market statistics are back!  After an unintentional hiatus, a very nice blog comment received has me back to work on my Utah market update!  Thanks Steve, for reminding me!

It’s been a busy few months, so let’s take a look in detail as to exactly what is going on in St George.  Foreclosures are still on the rise.  Notices of defaults are still way to high to predict any sort of market stabilization.  There were approximately 220 notices of defaults sent out last month, while this was a bit less than prior months, this number is ridiculously high.

Let’s take a look at actual home sales in St George.  This will include residential home AND land sales for the months of July and August for the Greater St George area.

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Utah Home Run 2 Grant

Friday, September 4th, 2009 at 10:26pm. 706 Views, 0 Comments.

The Utah Home Run Grant has been reestablished and called the “Home Run 2”.  Home Run 2 will offer $4,000 grants as opposed to the first Home Run that offered $6,000.  Currently, there are only 1950 grants available!  These will go fast, so if you’ve been contemplating the purchase of a new home in St George Utah…now is the time.

What is a Home Run Grant?

A Utah Home Run 2 Grant is a mortgage assistance program that grants money to buyers who will purchase a new construction home, have a new construction home built, or purchase a partially constructed home.  Unlike the first Home Run Grant, Home Run 2 stipulates the home does NOT need to be completed prior to purchase.  The first Home Run grant stipulated that the home had to be completed prior to…

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