I work in a beautiful resort area where many people purchased homes, condos and land (many with cash) over the last few years. Many buyers got in before or while prices shot up in 2005 and 2006. Since 2006, inventory levels have increased and sales prices have slowly fallen. List prices on pr
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04/09/2008
--> For Immediate Release March 19, 2008 OFHEO, FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC ANNOUNCE INITIATIVE TO INCREASEMORTGAGE MARKET LIQUIDITY Washington, DC - OFHEO, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac today announced a major initiative to increase liquidity in support of the U.S. mortgage market. The initiat
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03/19/2008
Round Valley development promoted as place to live and play By DEANNE WINTERTON Standard-Examiner correspondent MORGAN - Details of the new golf course community in Round Valley were revealed to the public at an open house this week, drawing both the curious and the concerned. "The best wa
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03/14/2008
Home builders expect tighter margins By JESSE FRUHWIRTH Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau jfruhwirth@standard.net Housing data show Utah homes are retaining and even building on their value, so home owners might think they are the rare Americans who will emerge unscathed from the national housin
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03/14/2008
Utah poised for rebound That is the prediction of area economists By JEFF DEMOSS Standard-Examiner staff jdemoss@standard.net SALT LAKE CITY - While the current economic picture looks bleak, fears about recession may actually help Utah and the United States avoid that fate, two leading local
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03/14/2008
Stability seen in Utah homes Foreclosure rates up, but still far below average for country By JORDAN MUHLESTEIN Standard-Examiner staff jmuhlestein@standard.net Utah's foreclosure rate is slightly higher than a year ago, but far lower than the national average. Statewide, the percentage of
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03/08/2008
By MARSHALL THOMPSON Standard-Examiner staff mthompson@standard.net OGDEN - Weber County Commissioner Craig Dearden woke up at 3 a.m. one day last week, thinking about Powder Mountain resort's petition to incorporate as a town to pave the way for increased development. "I wondered if anyon
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03/08/2008
For Immediate Release February 26, 2008 WIDESPREAD HOUSE PRICE DECLINES IN FOURTH QUARTERPockets of Strength Remain; Coasts, Midwest Show Biggest Declines WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. home prices fell in the fourth quarter of 2007 according to OFHEO's seasonally-adjusted purchase-only house price index.
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02/26/2008
STAY TUNED!!!‘Powderville Six' to take on ski resort over vote By MARSHALL THOMPSON Standard-Examiner staff mthompson@standard.net EDEN - As the Powder Mountain developers' petition to form a chunk of the Ogden Valley into a town moves forward, future residents are taking matters into their o
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02/25/2008
The future of Powder Mountain, and the entire Ogden Valley is at stake.Regardless how you may feel about the bill that passed the Utah House and Senate in late 2007 (allows easy incporporation of a township with no vote required by those who find themselves within the township boundary, circumven
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02/16/2008
