Diana's Blog

I am pleased and excited to announce that I have recreated my grandfather's real estate business with offices in Austin Texas and Davis County Utah (north of Salt Lake City).  My grandfather began building and selling homes as early as 1918 and officially established Holbrook Realty in October of...

This post is dedicated to all of my clients (past, present and future!) over the years who I may not have treated with the most kindness, understanding and patience.  Buying or selling a house and moving is stressful hard work!  We have all heard that doctors make the worst patients.  While that ...

According to the Milken Institute and Greenstreet Real Estate Partners, Provo/Orem is the number 1 and Salt Lake City number 3 best performing cities in job, wage, salary and technology growth.  That is good news for Utah home buyers and sellers!  Here's a link to the full article. http://bestcit...

As predicted earlier in the week mortgage rates have fallen following the Fannie Mae Freddie Mac takeover.  The average 30 year fixed-rate mortgage sank to 5.93% this week, down from 6.35% last week.  Additionally, it appears that home prices may be stabilizing in many parts of the country.  Econ...

One of the immediate benefits of the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac takeover is lower interest rates for home mortgages.  The average interest rate on September 7, the day of the takeover was 6.375%.  The average rate only one day later had already fallen to 6.03%.  It is projected that mortgage rates co...