Most Utah buyers spend 60 to 80 percent of their search time scrolling photos and video before they ever set foot in a home, and 2026 has added a new wrinkle: AI-generated staging is now common enough that some listings show furniture that does not exist. This...
A Utah buyer choosing between a $620,000 home in an HOA community and a $620,000 home outside one is not just deciding whether to pay monthly dues. Over a decade, the financial difference between the two adds up to tens of thousands of dollars, and Utah statute...
Selling a home in Holladay is a big deal. The east-bench tree canopy, mature lots, and proximity to Cottonwood Heights and Salt Lake City have kept Holladay home values among the highest in Salt Lake County. At today's median sale price, a 3% listing-side...
Selling your home is a big deal, financially and emotionally. One of the biggest headaches sellers run into is that the listing-side commission is a moving target right up until closing. A 3% fee on a $620,000 home is $18,600. On a $640,000 sale it's $19,200. That...
Selling a home in Layton is a big deal. Davis County's largest city has steady year-round demand from Hill Air Force Base, commuters into Salt Lake County, and growing families pushing north out of Bountiful and Kaysville. At today's median sale price, a 3%...
Utah sellers shopping for an alternative to 3% percentage commission usually run into two structures that look similar at first glance: a flat-fee listing, where the seller pays a single fixed dollar amount, and a 1% listing, where the seller pays a reduced...
Selling a Utah home with significant equity is a big deal, financially and emotionally. You've spent years building that equity through mortgage paydown, appreciation, or both. So when a listing agent quotes a 3% listing-side commission on a $600,000 home, the...
Selling a home in Utah usually comes down to two listing-fee models: a percentage-based commission, where the listing-side fee scales with home price, and a flat-fee model, where the listing-side fee is a fixed dollar amount regardless of sale price. Both models...
Selling your Utah home should not force a choice between full MLS exposure and a reasonable listing fee. The percentage-based model bundles the two together: buy the exposure, pay the percentage. That bundling is a pricing choice, not a legal requirement, and a lot...
Selling a home in Riverton is exciting, and also a little daunting once you start adding up what a percentage-based listing commission costs on a higher-end Salt Lake County home. Property values climbed steadily over the past several years, and a 3% listing-side...
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