salt lake: Is Buying a Home in 2012 within Your Means? - 01/19/12 04:29 PM
Homebuyer Representation, Inc. offers a free consultation to home buyers.
What does it mean to consult an Exclusive Buyer's Agent? A consultation is a one-time meeting to get any of your real estate questions answered and to find out what it would take to buy a home. The meeting can be … (1 comments)
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salt lake: Salt Lake City Utah - Earthquake Country - 01/11/12 01:20 AM
I'm not trying to scare anybody off, Utah is a great place to live. But you may as well know before you move here that Utah is earthquake country.
I was talking to a potential new client today who is relocating here from the east coast. In conversation I brought up … (3 comments)
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salt lake: 2012 Salt Lake Housing Forecast - 01/06/12 03:18 PM
I'm looking forward to the 2012 Salt Lake Housing Forecast Breakfast on Wednesday, January 18th. Eric Belsky, Director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University will present on the key factors crucial to supporting a housing and economic recovery in Utah and the nation.
James Wood, Director of … (0 comments)
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salt lake: Salt Lake City "Super" Accredited Buyer Representative - 09/30/11 03:10 PM
Well, I did it again! I decided to get the ABR designation for the second time. Yes, this means I took the entire curriculum over again, so you could say I'm twice as knowledgeable as those who have only earned the Accredited Buyer Representative designation once!
Okay, so maybe I didn't … (0 comments)
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salt lake: Being Romantic - 02/16/11 03:42 PM
What does romance have to do with real estate?
Probably not much.
Nevertheless, my last blog entry focused on romantic things to do in the Salt Lake City, Utah in response to Salt Lake being ranked by Amazon.com as the 14th most romantic city in the US. The ranking was … (0 comments)
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salt lake: Home Prices Down 6% in Salt Lake County - 02/08/11 04:12 PM
As an Exclusive Buyer's Agent I'm constantly exposed to the inventory on the market in the Salt Lake area.
There are still a ton of overpriced listings on the market, but that's improving.
1. Inventory is actually falling. My gut feeling is that the majority of homes coming off the market … (0 comments)
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salt lake: Avenues Homebuyers Find Working with Exclusive Buyer's Agent "Extremely Rewarding Experience" - 04/13/10 12:28 PM
We relocated from California at the end of last summer, and having sold our home there, we were excited to begin looking for a new one in the Sugarhouse area. Initially, we were using a listing agent that was set up for us by the relocation company.
When it became … (0 comments)
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salt lake: Salt Lake City Home Buyer - Exclusive Buyers Agent Was "Wholly Dedicated to My Cause" - 04/07/10 12:37 AM
Benjamin Clark of Homebuyer Representation, Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah, helped me find and buy my home. He was an excellent agent in all ways and I recommend him wholeheartedly to any potential home buyer.
Because he is an Exclusive Buyer's Agent, Ben was wholly dedicated to my cause throughout … (3 comments)
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salt lake: Mortgage Shopping Will Soon be a Lot Less Complicated - 11/10/09 07:11 PM
Mortgage shopping will soon be a lot less complicated.
RESPA Reform takes effect on January 1, 2010. While still not perfect, the changes do simplify the ability to compare loan offerings between lenders. The goal was to simplify and improve disclosure requirements for mortgage settlement costs under RESPA. My analysis: … (3 comments)
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salt lake: Owning Becomes More Attractive as Rent's Rise, Home Prices and Interest Rates Fall - 04/10/09 01:48 AM
Demand for rental homes and units in many parts of the country is on the rise as many homeowners who are unable to refinance their mortgages to today's lower rates because their property values have declined have sold their homes "short" or left them altogether after foreclosure. Increased restrictions for obtaining … (1 comments)
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salt lake: Utah Once Again Nations "Best State" to Live - 03/23/09 01:11 PM
Utah once again ranked as the Best State to live in overall based on a Forbes.com report of a recent Gallup-Healthways poll.
Utah ranked first for both Well-Being and Work Quality, and ranked second for Life Evaluation. It also ranked in the top 10 for Physical Health, Emotional Health and Basic … (1 comments)
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salt lake: An Equal Level of Representation for Home Buyers - 03/16/09 11:14 PM
Great Article in the New York Times Friday, featuring a good friend and colleague of mine, Ira Freireich of Long Island, NY.
The article points out how many homebuyers are becoming more savvy and aware of how they can get the best level of representation in the real estate transaction: Exclusive … (3 comments)
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salt lake: Home Buyers in Sandy, Utah Value Having an Agent on Their Side - 03/12/09 08:29 PM
We recently purchased our first home in the Salt Lake area. In choosing a realtor, we considered several options, but ultimately chose to work with Benjamin Clark based on positive recommendations we'd received.
We weren't very familiar with the concept of an Exclusive Buyer's Agent (EBA) at the outset, but during … (2 comments)
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salt lake: "Impressed with Your Professionalism" - 02/27/09 01:26 PM
Ben,I wanted to take a moment and thank you for letting us help you with the purchase transaction for the Tanners. I was impressed with your professionalism and particularly the depth of your understanding of the closing process and the HUD-1 settlement statement. Your attention to detail is obviously a huge … (5 comments)
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salt lake: Real Estate Negotiation Skills a Must for All Salt Lake Area Home Buyers, Especially in the Current Market - 10/13/08 01:33 PM
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - Benjamin D. Clark has been awarded the Certified Negotiation Expert (CNE) designation, achieved by real estate professionals who have successfully completed formal training in the art of negotiation. Agents who receive this certification are in the top 1% of all agents nationally.
Buyer's agents with … (4 comments)
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salt lake: Buying "Small" in Salt Lake - 10/03/08 03:53 PM
With all the plusses that come with more square footage, the smart buyer will look at the additional costs.
Whether you are buying a home as an investment, or planning on living there a long time, there are many reasons some Buyers choose to buy "small" rather than buying "large" homes. … (3 comments)
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salt lake: Are Downpayment Assistance Programs Bad? - 10/03/08 02:49 PM
So were (are?) Downpayment Assistance Programs bad?
I don't think DAPs are bad in and of themselves.
But coupled with additional items from the lender's bags-of-tricks, they likely contributed to a number of defaulted mortgages, including some that will continue to default as adjustment dates and balloons come due.
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salt lake: Downpayment Assistance Programs (DAPs) or, The "Money-Go-Round" - 10/03/08 02:37 PM
Downpayment Assistance Programs are being allowed less and less. One "stated" reason is that they likely helped contribute to the breakdown of the real estate market.
Here's how a downpayment assistance program (DAP) usually worked:
The Seller would give 3% plus some "administration fee"...
(sometimes 1% of the Purchase Price)
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salt lake: Provo-Orem and Salt Lake City, UT at top of 2008 Best Performing Cities Index - 09/15/08 04:19 PM
The Milken Institute ranks metropolitan areas by how well they create and sustain jobs, wages and salaries and technology.
Their report, dated September 10, 2008 shows Utah's Largest Metro Areas strong atop the list of over 200 Large Metropolitain areas nationally.
Provo-Orem comes in at #1 with Salt Lake City at … (0 comments)
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salt lake: Wasatch Front Home Price Historical Data for the past 5 years - 08/30/08 12:17 AM
The Salt Lake Tribune has an excellent "extra" specifically related to Median Home Prices along the Wasatch Front.
The data is broken down by zip code with an accompanying map to make it easy to understand which areas you are looking at.
The link is here: Home Prices Along the Wasatch … (0 comments)
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