Accessory dwelling units, the basement apartments, converted lower levels, and backyard units that add a second home to a single-family lot, sit at the center of Utah's housing-supply debate. Since 2021, state law has limited how much cities can restrict one...
Radon is the kind of home-buying issue that is easy to ignore because you cannot see, smell, or taste it, and easy to regret ignoring because it is both common in Utah and fixable. About one in three Utah homes that have been tested come back above the federal...
Provo anchors the south end of the Wasatch Front, an hour from Salt Lake City and built around two things that shape almost every real estate decision here: Brigham Young University and Utah Lake. The university puts roughly 34,000 students into a city of about...
Logan sits at the north end of Cache Valley, about 80 miles north of Salt Lake City and close enough to the Idaho line that some residents commute across it. It is a college town built around Utah State University, ringed by farmland and the Bear River Range, with...
The Utah housing market that emerged in early 2026 looks meaningfully different than the seller's market of 2021 to 2023. Statewide median days on market jumped from 69 to 80 days year over year in February 2026, months of supply rose into the balanced-market...
Ogden sits 35 miles north of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front and ranks as the most affordable major city on the Wasatch corridor by a meaningful margin. Approximate median sale prices in early 2026 sit in the low $400,000s citywide, compared with the high...
After a Utah seller accepts an offer, the buyer enters a roughly two- to three-week window called the Due Diligence period, during which they can inspect the property, review documents, and either resolve concerns with the seller or cancel the contract while...
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...
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