By Alan Barker on April 12, 2011
Business leaders, economists, and companies such as HomeCity are showing more confidence that real estate will improve and with the combination of low interest rates and low housing prices, now could one of the best times to invest in real estate. The CNN article, Real estate: It’s time to buy again,” caused quite a stir [...]
Posted in Home Buying
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 April 27, 2010
On Monday morning I got my normal new listing email telling me that there were 12 new home listings in Cache County Utah on Sunday. That is a ton of listings for Cache County standards, especially for a Sunday. Well it turns out that 11 of these homes for sale were brand new construction homes, [...]
Posted in General Real Estate, Home Buying, 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 21, 2010
We all know that the expiration of the home buyer tax credits expire at the end of the month. To qualify for this tax credit, homes need to be under contract by the end of the month. But what about for short sale homes? About 18% of the homes for sale in Northern Utah right [...]
Posted in Foreclosures, Home Buying | Tagged closing, short sales, under contract
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 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
By Alan Barker on March 23, 2010
Is it better to buy a new home or an older home? When shopping for a new home buyers usually have a choice, is newer home or an older home better? Both choices have their advantages, and most buyers have individual preferences based on their needs and desires. Choosing between an older home, and a [...]
Posted in Home Buying | Tagged new construction, new homes
By Alan Barker on January 22, 2010
One of the more complicated aspects of rural Cache County real estate transactions is involved with water. Utah has some interesting laws in regards to water, who owns it, who can use it, and how it affects boundaries. Water rights stay with the property. Water is real property. Wells, for example, have a stock water number [...]
Posted in Cache County, General Real Estate, Home Buying | Tagged water rights, water shares
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