By Alan Barker on November 21, 2011
According to Bloomberg Business week, Smithfield Utah is the BEST place to raise kids in Utah. The article used statistics such as school ratings, test scores, crime rates, parks, and area income to determine the best areas to raise kids in each state. Here is the Article in Bloomberg Business Week: Best Place to Raise [...]
Posted in Cache County, General Real Estate | Tagged Best Places, Smithfield
By Alan Barker on October 27, 2011
Cache Valley is an awesome place to live. It is beautiful and the weather is really nice during our month of spring, summer, and our one month of fall. However, our winters aren’t exactly the most enjoyable, unless you’ve recently moved from Nunavut. With cold comes potential danger to homes, especially if they are vacant. [...]
Posted in Cache County, General Real Estate | Tagged home maintenance, winterize
By Alan Barker on March 31, 2011
Here are a few listings in Cache County That I thought were pretty cool…
Posted in Cache County
By Alan Barker on January 4, 2011
There is some good news for the Logan Real Estate market. Home sales were actually improved during December. It was the best month for home sales since August as 64 MLS homes have been reported sold so far. Some other good news is that inventory is also substantially down. At Decembers home sales pace the [...]
Posted in Cache County, Market Conditions
By Alan Barker on December 15, 2010
With home prices falling in Cache County Utah, the number of Short Sale homes has risen. Here is some more information from the Logan Real Estate blog: 6.54% of the total residential real estate listings on the MLS right now are short sales, the highest percentage of short sales Cache Valley has seen. One of [...]
Posted in Cache County, Market Conditions | Tagged short sales
By Alan Barker on November 19, 2010
One metric home buyers and real estate agents use as to quickly determine a homes value is the price per square foot. Because homes are of different ages, conditions, and locations, there is no standard $ per square footage that applies for all Cache Valley Homes. There are lots of variables that make $ per [...]
Posted in Cache County, Home Buying
By Alan Barker on September 15, 2010
The slow real estate market has increased the number of homes for sale in Logan UT that are offering lease options. Right now there are 22 lease option homes for sale in Logan. A couple years ago, I assisted some sellers with a lease option. At that time there were only three other homes being [...]
Posted in Cache County, General Real Estate, Home Buying, Market Conditions | Tagged lease option
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
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