Our Iron County real estate market has made a strong start to the year.

Buyer sentiment is currently exceptional, following a sustained period of lower mortgage rates to levels we haven't seen for a while.

Indeed, it was recently reported nationally that mortgage applications were up 23.5% at …

Are you planning to sell your home in 2019?

Even if you don't envisage selling for some months, it's still a great idea to engage with a top agent right now!

Here are some great reasons for that:

1. You'll receive great advice on how to present …

Much has been written in recent months about changes in national real estate trends.

What's really encouraging to report is that Iron County appears to be going against the grain, with some very good stats recently released for September by the Utah Association of REALTORS®.

While inventory of homes …

We've just taken a look at the trends in the Iron County market, as provided by the Utah Association of REALTORS®, and they certainly make interesting reading.

The most interesting aspect, in spite of widespread growing pressure on home prices, is that our market continues to flourish across a …

In our last blog, we looked at the changing market conditions and why it may not be the best idea to delay your home sale until next year, if you are hoping for even better returns.

While we're still seeing great demand for homes here in Iron County, there …

As the end of the high summer selling season approaches, many sellers decide not to list until some time in the new year, expecting that they'll make more money by playing a waiting game.

Last week I attended a very high profile real estate conference in Las Vegas, which …

It probably won't have escaped your attention that the Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates last week.

The federal funds rate was raised by a quarter percentage point to 2% - the seventh rate increase since December 2015. The Federal Reserve also indicated that there are likely to be another …

I recently read some really interesting statistics concerning real estate and related matters for Iron County, so I thought I'd share some of them with you:

Renters - Out of the total population of 49,940, 16,460 are renters. What's really interesting is that 4,148 of those …

If you're looking for a home, it won't have escaped your attention that mortgage rates have been climbing for some time now. Indeed we recently saw the highest 30 year rates for seven years.

Of course we've become more accustomed to seeing rates travel in the opposite …

ShowingTime is a company of leading real estate analysts. They have been publishing their Showing Index® report for over four years now.

Showing Index® measures foot traffic across available homes for sale, tracking average numbers of buyers viewing homes and thus providing a useful indication of the current levels of …