By Alan Barker on September 1, 2010
Cache County is proposing some changes in the current zoning laws in the rural areas. Right now, an A10 Zone means that lots have to be a minimum of 10 acres to have a home built. So, if there is a 40 Acre lot, it can be subdivided into a development that has four, 10 [...]
Posted in Cache County | Tagged zoning
By Alan Barker on August 3, 2010
From watching the statistics and market trends over recent months, I knew that July home sales in Cache County were going to low. But, I didn’t think they would be this bad. I look outside, and the 90 degree temperatures sure don’t indicate that its the middle of winter. My unofficial statistics show that last [...]
Posted in Cache County, Market Conditions | Tagged home sales
By Alan Barker on July 16, 2010
While the popular news these days is usually the lack of jobs and increasing unemployment numbers, things for Cache County jobs are actually pretty good. According to CNN Money, Job Growth in Cache County Utah over the past decade was the 10th best in the nation. This is one of the key factors in making [...]
Posted in Cache County | Tagged Jobs
By Alan Barker on July 8, 2010
The year is more than half way over. For Logan Real Estate we have some good news, and some not so good news. Overall, real estate sales have been up this year, but a lot of these sales can be attributed to the government tax credits, and their expiration happening in the first half of [...]
Posted in Cache County, Quarterly Numbers | Tagged condos, homes, land, multi-family
By Alan Barker on June 29, 2010
For single family houses in Cache County Utah, sales were up 8.76% from a year ago. There wasn’t really a price disparity between the percentage change of more expensive homes and less expensive homes. Cache Valley homes priced below $200,000 saw a sales increase of 8.76%, and Home’s priced above $200,000 saw an increase by [...]
Posted in Cache County, Market Conditions
By Alan Barker on April 26, 2010
There was a new home listed in Hyrum on Saturday that looks to be an incredible deal. It’s not my listing, it’s not even a Cornerstone Real Estate listing, I’ve never actually seen it before, it’s simply a house that looks to have an incredible price. It’s a short sale, and there’s a good chance [...]
Posted in Cache County, Foreclosures, Home Buying | Tagged Deals, Hyrum
By Alan Barker on April 17, 2010
This morning as I was going through the new listings in Cache Valley, I noticed that two of the new homes for sale in Wellsville, were Ultra High end homes. I know that sales of existing large expensive homes is few and far between, but I didn’t realize just how bad it was until I [...]
Posted in Cache County, Market Conditions | Tagged highe end homes
By Alan Barker on April 7, 2010
The National Association of Realtors is promoting a big “Open House Weekend” this upcoming weekend. For Cache Valley, it will actually just be Saturday, but there should be a lot more “Open Houses” than normal. There also should be a good deal of advertisement promoting it, so it should be a good time for sellers [...]
Posted in Cache County, Home Buying
By Alan Barker on April 5, 2010
The numbers are in, and for the first quarter of 2010 Cornerstone Real Estate Professionals is the number one Logan Utah Real Estate brokerage in terms of home sales. Even more impressive is the huge advantage Cornerstone has for the number of buyer transactions among the major Cache Valley Real Estate brokerages. For the second [...]
Posted in Cache County, General Real Estate | Tagged home sales, real estate brokerages
By Alan Barker on March 30, 2010
There are a lot of misconceptions out there about Cache Valley foreclosure homes, and how cheap they can be. While they can often be purchased for less than market value, they aren’t a fraction of their worth. Here is a response to a question about properties available in Cache County for less than $50,000. Is [...]
Posted in Cache County, Foreclosures, Home Buying | Tagged Foreclosures, meth homes, mobile homes
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