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Table of Contents Features 10 Rogue One Movie Night 12 Good Times Continue for the Salt Lake County Housing Market James Wood 20 7 Surprising Trends That Could Disrupt the Housing Market in 2017 Clare Trapasso

30 A Sense of Direction Marcus Jessop

Columns 7 La Niña and Leaking Roofs

Troy Peterson – President’s Message

Departments 8 Happenings 8 In the News 26 Housing Watch 28 Realtor® Connections 28 On the Move

On the Cover: Troy Peterson, left, Kenny Parcell, James Wood, Lawrence Yun, and Curtis Bullock at the 2017 Housing Forecast Breakfast.

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La Niña and Leaking Roofs I

t’s been a phenomenal year for snowfall and precipitation across the Wasatch Front and Utah’s mountains. January precipitation levels are off the charts, with most mountain areas reporting double or even triple the amount of precipitation of last year at this same time, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The rain, snow, and wind have left some recent homebuyers facing leaky roofs.

Some are wondering why, after passing a home inspection, their roofs are having issues.

Leaking roofs are usually the result of broken shingles from high winds and heavy rains. Your roof may have been okay when it was first inspected, but this year’s extraordinary winter conditions may have cracked your shingles. In addition, ice dams can loosen shingles and cause water to back up underneath the shingles and into your house.

Some homeowners are blaming Realtors® for these problems. However, the blame should be centered on this year’s extreme winter conditions. Last year’s El Niño translated into this winter’s La Niña, bringing higher than average precipitation to Utah.

According to Al Rickard, a certified master inspector with All-Points Home Inspections, gutter maintenance is key to keeping your roof in shape. Keeping your gutter properly cleaned and maintained and utilizing gutter heat tape will help prevent ice dams and damage to your roof. Rickard said some of the more modern roof designs with fancy dormers can contribute to ice dam problems.

Sometimes during a home inspection there is no visible evidence that a roof may leak. Other issues affecting a roof are whether flashings were installed properly and gutter drainage. An inspection is a snapshot in time and can only determine what is happening at that moment and whether there was evidence of previous issues.

Fred Larsen a certified inspector and owner of Pillar to Post Home Inspectors, suggests hiring a qualified roofing contractor knowledgeable about ice dams.

Larsen said ice dams are mainly caused by issues in the attic rather than the roof itself. Lack of insulation and proper ventilation are the culprits. If your roof surface stays cold, ice dams don’t form. Larsen also suggests throwing ice melt on the edges of an ice dam as a temporary solution.

Bottom line, if your roof has issues, get it fixed. On a positive note, the skiing has been fantastic!

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Happenings

In the News Non-HomeOwners in West Least Optimistic About Buying

Housing Forecast is Strong Nearly 800 people attended the Feb. 3 Salt Lake Housing Forecast breakfast. Several hundreds of other Realtors® watched the event through a live webcast at slrealtors.com and on Facebook (@slrealtors). Home sales in Salt Lake County in 2016 were the third highest in history. If you missed the event, you can still watch it and download the report at http://slrealtors. com/2017-housing-forecast/.

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Existing-home sales increased 3.8 percent to a 10-year high in 20161, but affordability pressures, student debt and possible confusion about down payment requirements prevented many aspiring homeowners from reaching the market, according to recent consumer insight from the National Association of Realtors®.

According to the findings, respondents last year maintained a favorable view about homeownership, with over 90 percent of homeowners and roughly eight out of 10 non-homeowners each quarter indicating that owning a home is part of their American Dream.

However, despite these positive feelings, optimism about it being a good time to buy diminished among non-owners. The percent share who believed it was a good time to buy declined from 63 percent in the first quarter to 55 percent in the fourth quarter.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, says the desire to own a home and the ability to do so are not on the same wavelengths for many households. “Nearly all nonhomeowners said they want to own a home in the future (87 percent), but it’s evident that higher rents and home prices — up 41 percent in the past five years — along with limited entry-level supply and repaying student debt have combined to make buying a challenging goal,” he said. “It’s also little surprise that non-owners in the West — where price appreciation has been the strongest — were the least optimistic about buying.”

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Good Times Continue for the Salt Lake County Housing Market Housing market in 2016 was the best year in a decade.

Home prices rise above pre-recession levels.

By James Wood | Ivory-Boyer Senior Fellow, Kem C. Garder Policy Institute, University of Utah ® Commissioned by the Salt Lake Board of Realtors

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alt Lake County’s residential market had its best year since 2006. Superb fundamentals—strong job growth, increased net in-migration, low mortgage rates, and solid wage gains—supported increased levels of sales activity and pushed up single-family

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and condominium prices to all-time highs.

Prices are above pre-recession levels and have finally fully recovered from the Great Recession. The following summary of statistical highlights captures the strength of the 2016 market.

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A summary of the county’s 2016 sales statistics show: • 13,600 single-family sales, an increase of 1.3 percent.

• $4.5 billion in single-family sales, an increase of 10 percent.

• 4,300 condominium, town home and twin home sales, an increase of 12 percent.

• $927 million in condominium, town home and twin home sales, an increase of 20 percent.

• $325 million in residential real estate commissions, an increase of 11 percent.

• $295,000 median sales price for a single family home, an increase of 8.1 percent.

• $203,000 median sales price for condominiums, town homes and twin homes, an increase of 7 percent.

• 13 days for median cumulative days on market (CDOM), a record low CDOM for single-family homes.

Highest Level of Home Sales in 10 Years In 2016 existing single-family homes sales totaled 13,600 units, the highest level in 10 years and the third highest in the county’s history; exceeded only by the pre-recession years of 2006 and 2007. The strong demand for housing was not limited to single-family homes. The sale of multifamily units (condominiums, town homes and twin homes) set an all-time record of 4,300 units and accounted for 24 percent of all residential sales; the highest share ever. Over the past 20 years multifamily sales have averaged 18 percent of residential sales.

Residential sales, as usual, were concentrated in Salt Lake City. The city accounts for 21 percent of all households in the county, but captured 25 percent of all single-family sales as well as multifamily sales. In this case the disproportionate share of sales in Salt Lake City highlights the locational advantages of the city regarding proximity to employment, transportation and community amenities. Other cities with a significant number of homes sales were West Jordan, West Valley, South Jordan, and Sandy. These four cities along with Salt Lake City accounted for about 60 percent of all homes and condominiums sold in the county Table 1.

The Ups and Downs of Housing Prices Housing price increases have picked up momentum over the past three years. After an

extraordinary and unsustainable increase in 2013 of 15.6 percent it looked as though prices might settle down to the 3 to 4 percent range but in the past two years substantial increases have been recorded. The 8 percent increase in 2016 is particularly noteworthy because it drove the median sales price of a single-family home to $295,000, slightly above the previous record high of $290,000 in 2007 (inflation adjusted).

With respect to housing prices, the past 16 years have been the most volatile in the county’s history. This volatility is on full display, which measures price increases in current and constant (inflation adjusted) dollars. Using the inflation adjusted prices the median sales price of a home increased by 38 percent during the three-year housing boom (2004-2007), followed by a 28 percent decline during the Great Recession and then a 39 percent increase in the five years of recovery to 2016. In the non-inflation adjusted prices, the five-year recovery measures a dazzling 48 percent increase; $199,000 in 2011 to $295,000 in 2016.

Table 1 Residential Sales By City 2016

Table 2 Change in Med

SingleFamily

Multifamily

Total

Share

Salt Lake City

3,406

1,121

4,527

25.3%

West Jordan

1,572

361

1,933

10.8%

West Valley

1,308

314

1,622

9.1%

South Jordan

1,097

407

1,504

8.4%

Sandy

1,269

173

1,442

8.1%

Unincorporated Salt Lake

905

80

985

5.5%

Herriman

695

248

943

5.3%

Taylorsville

654

156

810

4.5%

Draper

519

254

773

4.3%

Riverton

574

157

731

4.1%

Murray

362

324

686

3.8%

Holladay

333

207

540

3.0%

Midvale

261

271

532

3.0%

Cottonwood Heights

395

83

478

2.7%

Bluffdale

134

120

254

1.4%

South Salt Lake

108

45

153

0.9%

Salt Lake County

13,592

4,321

17,913

100.0%

City Bluffdale Cottonwood Heights Draper Herriman Holladay Midvale Murray Riverton Salt Lake City West Side* East Side* Sandy South Jordan

South Salt Lake Taylorsville West Jordan West Valley

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In 2016 the median sales price of a singlefamily home increased in all 15 cities in Salt Lake County. Table 2. Cities with moderately priced housing were some of the leaders in price increases in 2016. West Valley and South Salt Lake both had double-digit price increases and the west side of Salt Lake City (west of Main Street) also reported double-digit increases.

The strength of prices in these cities indicates a heightened demand for homes priced below $250,000.

Is There a Housing Bubble?

The sizeable increases in prices over the last five years raises the question of whether a housing price bubble is building. A 48 percent increase in five years is extraordinary. But this increase must be set in the context of the four years of declining housing prices. For 16 consecutive quarters housing prices declined in Salt Lake County. That was a unique period in Salt Lake County’s real estate history. There had never been more than four quarters of declining prices. The return of prices Table 2 Change in Median Sales Price of Single-Family Homes 2016 City

2015

2016

% Change

Bluffdale

$400,000

$459,450

14.9%

Cottonwood Heights

$338,850

$380,000

12.1%

Draper

$421,000

$445,000

5.7%

Herriman

$317,000

$340,900

7.5%

Holladay

$380,500

$440,000

15.6%

Midvale

$226,950

$245,000

8.0%

Murray

$259,000

$277,000

6.9%

Riverton

$308,000

$329,000

6.8%

Salt Lake City

$275,000

$296,000

7.6%

West Side*

$179,250

$203,000

13.2%

East Side*

$301,750

$322,000

6.7%

Sandy

$295,000

$322,500

9.3%

South Jordan

$357,400

$389,900

9.1%

South Salt Lake

$190,000

$215,000

13.2%

Taylorsville

$219,900

$237,000

7.8%

West Jordan

$249,000

$272,250

9.3%

West Valley

$199,475

$219,450

10.0%

Salt Lake County

$272,900

$295,000

8.1% Source: UtahRealEstate.com

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to pre-recession levels should not be confused with a housing bubble.

The price recovery has been aided and abetted by the historically long stretch of low mortgage rates, a necessary condition for the recovery Figure 4. Other factors, however, were at play as well, demographics and jobs. From 2010 to 2016, Utah was the third fastest growing state in terms of population change, surpassed by only North Dakota and Texas. And Utah has consistently been in the top five states in employment growth over the same period.

A housing bubble also carries some special characteristics that currently are not present in the Salt Lake County and Utah housing markets.

Housing bubbles are preceded by rapid increases in debt. Prior to the Great Recession household debt in Utah increased by 35 percent in three years. Much of this increase was driven by mortgage refinancing, second mortgages, and home equity lines of credit. There is no sign of a buildup in debt in Utah. Household debt levels have returned to sustainable pre-recession levels.

A housing bubble is also characterized by lack of affordability. For example, in the Salt Lake Metropolitan Area in 2007 the median income household was able to afford only 30 percent of the homes sold in the county. Hence the Wells Fargo housing opportunity index stood at 30 for Salt Lake. Certainly it was a sign that housing prices had become untethered from normal economic relationships, housing prices and household income. Currently the housing opportunity index for the Salt Lake Metropolitan Area is 70; that is the median income household could afford 70 percent of the homes sold in the county in 2016, a sign of an affordable housing market.

A housing opportunity index number of 50 or above denotes an affordable market.

Housing Shortage Raises Home Prices Utah’s rapid demographic growth has created what appears to be a housing shortage. For the first time in 40 years, the increase in households in Utah exceeds the number of new housing units. Consequently, all segments of the housing market report very strong demand and insufficient supply. Take the apartment market for instance. Apartment vacancy rates are at the lowest level in decades despite the historic apartment boom. The boom has added 20,000 (continued on page 18)

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units statewide since 2012, a 7 percent increase in the rental inventory, but the rental market remains extremely tight. The Salt Lake County apartment market has the lowest vacancy rates in over 20 years.

In the new home market, home builders have virtually no unsold inventory and are producing at full capacity. Builders face three serious supply bottlenecks: labor shortage, high land prices, and municipal zoning, fees and regulations. Builders would be hard-pressed to ramp-up much beyond current levels of construction.

And conditions in the existing home market agree with the other signs of a housing shortage.

For example, an important indicator of housing demand is median cumulative days on market (CDOM) of “for sale” homes. In the worst year of the Great Recession (2009) the median cumulative days on market climbed to 81 days. But as the demand for housing slowly recovered the CDOM steadily declined. By 2016 the median CDOM had dropped to its lowest level ever, 13 days. The extremely low CDOM in 2016 is a very strong indicator for continued upward pressure on prices in 2017.

The Number of Underwater Homeowners in Utah Drops From a High of 21% in 2010 to 2% in 2016 Some price pressure would be relieved by an increase in listings. After five years of equitybuilding price increases homeowners should be

Figure 4 Annual Mortgage Interest Rates

Figure 4 Annual Mortgage Interest Rates

more motivated to enter the market and moveup. The equity position of Utah homeowners has improved markedly in the past few years.

In 2010, Utah ranked among the top 10 states in underwater mortgages. Twenty-one percent of all home mortgages in Utah (80,000 homeowners) had negative equity. Consequently, these underwater homeowners were locked into their current home, they could not move-up. The situation has now reversed. The number of homeowners with negative equity by the third quarter of 2016 has dropped to about 2 percent of homeowners and Utah ranks sixth lowest among all states in underwater mortgages.

Predictions for 2017: Total Residential Home Sales to Rise 9%; Single-Family Prices to Rise 5-7% Outlook for 2017

Trump’s victory brings some uncertainty to the housing market in 2017. How will his policies impact interest rates? Will Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac be privatized? Will the roll back of Dodd Frank improve credit availability? Will tax reform affect homeownership? Despite all this noise and uncertainty at the national level the Salt Lake County real estate market will have another very good year in 2017.

Mortgage rates will tick-up The Fed has signaled that more short-term interest rate hikes will come in 2017 and most forecasts have mortgage rates increasing to around 4.5 percent by year-end. The likelihood of tax cuts and more defense and infrastructure spending will put some upward pressure on interest rates but the mortgage rate will remain quite favorable. The small increase in rates rather than deter potential homebuyers may spark interest “to get in before rates move even higher.”

Affordability will decline Although wages are expected to increase by 3 percent in 2017 this will not be enough to counter higher home prices and higher interest rates. How much declining affordability will hurt demand is uncertain but it will not be enough to change the upward direction of home sales and prices, particularly given the increased housing demand from high rates of net in-migration in 2017.

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Source: Freddie Mac Figure 5 Cumulative Median Days on Market Salt Lake County

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More millennials will move to homeownership

Millennials in Utah have a greater share of the population than any other state. Seventeen percent of the population in Salt Lake County is in the 25 to 34 year age group. Nationally, almost 14 percent of the population falls into this age group. And of course this is the prime age group for home buying. But in Salt Lake County as elsewhere today’s millennials are more likely to rent than own. In 2015, only 43 percent of millennial households were homeowners; in 2005 it was 53 percent. Some housing economists predict that there will be a trend back to homeownership for this age group as the rental market becomes less attractive due to higher rents and low vacancy rates.

Supply will improve some

The scarcity of listings, a defining feature of the 2016 market, will continue into 2017, but should improve some as more homeowners enter the market, cashing-in on some of their increased home equity.

Strong price and sales increases but not double-digit

Another year of housing price increases will be supported by very favorable fundamentals;

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low interest rates and solid demographic, job, and wage growth. These fundamentals combined with the exceptionally strong demand, as wellevidenced by the record low “days on market,” will push the median sales price of a single-family home to the $310,000 to $315,000 price range; a 5 to 7 percent increase. Home sales will see a slightly lower increase with single-family sales increasing to around 14,000 homes; a gain of 3 to 5 percent. Condominium prices and sales will be even stronger, both increasing from 6 to 8 percent.

And finally, residential sales will total six billion dollars, up 9 percent and residential real estate commission will hit $360 million, an 11 percent increase.

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7 Surprising Trends That Could Disrupt the Housing Market in 2017 Even yurts, the dwellings favored by Mongolian herders, are back.

By Clare Trapasso Realtor.com

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t’s been said that the only constant in life is change itself. Democrats give way to Republicans; hoverboards give way to Hatchables; the iPhone 6 gives way to the Note 7, which explodes and then ultimately paves the way for an iPhone 8. Even housing trends—a category in which changes were once so glacial they were barely perceptible to the naked eye—are now undergoing profound and rapid transformation too.

As real estate markets across the nation continue their unprecedented boom, the form and function of homes and living styles are changing rapidly to meet the new realities of American life. Small is the new big. Modular is the new custom-built. Three-dimensional printers are the new homebuilders. Communal living is the new grown-up, upscale obsession.

Even yurts, the dwellings favored by Mongolian herders, are back. We’re not kidding.

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We at realtor.com® went through our archives to find the top trends of 2016 that have the potential to redefine, even transform, the housing market in 2017. Let’s go (back) to the future!

Trend No. 1: Microapartments are the tiny homes of cities

Everyone knows space doesn’t come cheap in the country’s most expensive cities. (We’re looking at you, San Francisco and New York.) Hence the spread of microapartments—fully appointed living spaces encompassing a measly 250 to 365 square feet.

The apartments are tinier than tiny houses— measuring a quarter to a third the size of the median apartment in a newly completed building with five or more units in 2013, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. More and more of these miniature dwellings are cropping

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up in big cities like New York, Seattle, and Los Angeles. They’re even spreading to smaller metros like Providence, RI.

What they lack in size, microapartments make up for in lower costs—usually. They typically run renters about 15 percent less than studio units in the same neighborhoods. But residents may wind up paying a little extra for the luxe amenities that many come with, like convertible furniture, free Wi-Fi, weekly housekeeping service, and sometimes even communal activities (whitewater rafting trips! happy hours!).

Trend No. 2: Co-living is coming to a city near you

The days of finding roommates on Craigslist and then praying for the best may be numbered.

Co-living, a movement in which young professionals have their next housemates/BFFs carefully screened and live together in upscale, highly planned (would-be) harmony, is making its impact felt in major metros across the U.S.

The real draw for these “Real World”-esque quarters is the communal environment, where residents pay a little extra to mix and mingle with one another at Sunday artisanal potluck dinners, weekend art workshops, or various common spaces in the building. Other perks include shorter leases (some only three or six months) as well as housekeeping services to minimize disputes.

The spaces have been opening first in hipsterfilled urban areas such as Brooklyn, N.Y.; San Francisco; and Washington, D.C. But they are also moving to smaller metros like Chattanooga, Tenn.

“It’s a neat, innovative market response to the higher cost of renting,” Susan Wachter, a real estate and finance professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, told realtor.com.

Trend No. 3: The hottest tiny houses are school buses

The tiny-house craze isn’t exactly new. With a half-dozen or so reality TV shows and a devoted following, the trend of downsizing into just a few hundred square feet is familiar to just about everyone. But why move into a tiny house when you could live in a school bus instead?

A combination of the DIY movement and the smaller-is-better craze has given rise to more folks trying their hand at creating homes from all sorts of vehicles, Aaron Lane, a design engineer at Creative Mobile Interiors in Grove City, OH, told realtor.com.

Earlier this year, we wrote about a German couple who bought a 1996 school bus for $10,000.

With a little help, some YouTube tutorials, and a whole lot of elbow grease (as well as an additional $50,000), they turned the clunker into a 200-squarefoot loft with a wooden floor, a compost toilet, and a hot-water shower powered by solar panels.

The best part? When documentary filmmaker Felix Starck and musician Selima Taibi finished their home, they took it on a once-in-a-lifetime road trip.

Trend No. 4: Housing prices are out of control, so why not live in a yurt?

With rents and home prices zooming ever higher, affordable housing seems like a fantasy.

That’s where yurts come in.

These circular homes, which have sheltered Mongolian nomads for thousands of years, can cost quite a bit less than more traditional homes.

A roughly 700-square-foot model with a wooden frame and vinyl walls could go for around $20,000.

That doesn’t include the foundation and utilities hookups.

That’s a prime reason why over the past few years, sales of the structures have grown by about 10 percent annually at the Colorado Yurt Co., Ivy Fife, the company’s marketing manager, told realtor.com.

“We’ve seen quite a few retirees buy a piece of ground and put a yurt on it and get out of debt and have a little bit more freedom,” she said. “It’s young people, too. … They don’t want to get into a big mortgage that’s going to make it hard for them to meet.”

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Trend No. 5: Wellness buildings are the healthy homes of the future These days, health and wellness are more than buzzwords. Want proof? Just look at the proliferation of “athleisure” wear, luxury spinning studios, and Fitbits. So it’s no surprise that wellness-certified buildings are catching on.

More than 50 condo and apartment buildings around the world are now applying for the new Well Being Standard. Similar to LEED certification for eco-friendliness, the designation is administered by a group called the International Well Being Institute. To qualify, a building’s design needs to incorporate healthy elements like air and water quality, natural light, and fitness.

This can mean giving stairwells more prominent placement to encourage residents to walk more, adding gyms and doctors’ offices to the ground floor, and remediating any stressinducing odors and loud noise. Since it’s a new process, no finished buildings have been certified just yet.

“The focus on healthy living today is huge,” said Mollie Carmichael, a principal at John Burns Real Estate Consulting in Irvine, CA. “People are constantly striving for what’s going to keep them healthier.”

Trend No. 6: Modular homes could be the next big thing in housing Manufactured houses are no longer just rolling off factory assembly lines and into trailer parks. Upscale modular homes are beginning to enjoy their moment in the spotlight with the world’s tallest modular tower opening recently in Brooklyn, N.Y. The 32-story rental building is expected to inspire other big developers to use modular construction.

And why not? Prefabricated housing is

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often of higher quality (because it’s built indoors, sheltered from the elements), costs a little less (less material wasted), and can go up a lot faster than traditionally built homes.

“This will speed up the development time at a time when we’re really short of housing,” Steve Weikal, an urban design professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate, told realtor.com.

Trend No. 7: A 3-D printer could build your next home Get ready for the future: Homes created by a 3-D printer are expected to be cheaper than traditionally built residences; they don’t require as many construction workers; and they produce less waste as the machines use only as much material as is needed. New homes could be designed by ordinary folks (like you) and printed in days.

The technology is still evolving, but rudimentary buildings, mostly made of concrete, are already being printed around the world. A two-story, 4,305-square-foot building was printed recently in China in just 45 days.

“You can have high design on a budget,” architect Christopher Hurst, of WATG Urban Architecture Studio in Chicago, said to realtor.com.

“Now you can go to a contractor, and you have a highly customizable house that’s indicative of you—and that way you can express yourself in how you live.”

Clare Trapasso is the senior news editor of realtor.com and an adjunct journalism professor. Contact her at clare.trapasso@move.com. Reprinted from Realtor® Magazine Online, December 2016, with permission of the National Association of Realtors®. Copyright 2016.

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Utah County was the second most active, capturing 22 percent of all single-family sales.

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alt Lake County home sales ended 2016 on a high note, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors ®. For the year, sales of single-family homes increased 1.3 percent to 13,600 sales, the highest level of existing single-family homes sales in nearly 10 years and the third highest level in the county’s history (exceeded only by the pre-recession years of 2006 and 2007).

In the final three months of 2016, home sales across the Wasatch Front increased 9 percent compared to the same period a year earlier.

The median price of a single-family home settled at $270,000, up 6 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.

Salt Lake County accounted for 44 percent of all single-family home sales in the fourth quarter across the five counties making up

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The most popular areas in terms of home sales occurred in ZIP Codes with more affordable home prices.

Clearfield, Tooele, Farr West, Taylorsville, and Lehi were the top five hottest selling areas.

These five cities accounted for nearly 20 percent of all existing Wasatch Front home sales in the fourth quarter.

The price of a single-family home across the Wasatch Front increased to $270,000, up 6 percent from $255,000 a year ago. Salt Lake County had the highest home prices at a median of $290,000. Utah County home prices were the second most expensive at a median price of $275,000.

By ZIP Code, Alpine had the highest median home price in the fourth quarter at $607,500.

The Avenues in Salt Lake City came in No. 2 at a median price of $525,000. Emigration Canyon was in third place at $476,000. Holladay and Eden rounded out the top five most expensive ZIP Codes at median values of $473,237 and $472,450 respectively.

COUNTY ZIP CITY 2016 HOUSE % +/- 2016 Q4 MEDIAN % +/-

# SOLD CHANGE SALES PRICE CHANGE

2016 CONDO % +/- 2016 Q4 % +/- # SOLD CHANGE CONDO MEDIAN CHANGE SALES PRICE

2016 Q4 % +/AVERAGE CHANGE CDOM

S.L. CO

84006

COPPERTON

6

50.00%

$194,950.00

6.97%

0

n/a

$0.00

n/a

28

-9.68%

S.L. CO

84020

DRAPER

142

-2.07%

$400,950.00

-1.00%

62

16.98%

$266,000.00

23.72%

48

-27.27%

S.L. CO

84044

MAGNA

107

-6.96%

$196,000.00

10.05%

7

0.00%

$115,000.00

26.37%

30

-3.23%

S.L. CO

84047

MIDVALE

68

13.33%

$259,900.00

13.25%

70

7.69%

$195,500.00

-10.32%

30

-38.78%

S.L. CO

84065

RIVERTON

130

31.31%

$359,900.00

7.43%

93

60.34%

$253,500.00

8.57%

41

-30.51%

S.L. CO

84070

SANDY

60

-18.92%

$278,700.00

16.12%

23

-14.81%

$175,500.00

6.43%

36

-12.20%

S.L. CO

84081

WEST JORDAN

120

11.11%

$298,750.00

3.02%

18

20.00%

$207,000.00

8.95%

25

-28.57%

S.L. CO

84084

WEST JORDAN

141

15.57%

$255,000.00

8.77%

44

15.79%

$182,000.00

10.00%

25

-24.24%

S.L. CO

84088

WEST JORDAN

124

12.73%

$260,750.00

1.46%

16

-15.79%

$206,200.00

16.50%

30

-40.00%

S.L. CO

84091

SANDY

0

n/a

$0.00

n/a

0

n/a

$0.00

n/a

0

n/a

S.L. CO

84092

SANDY

94

32.39%

$375,000.00

-0.79%

0

n/a

$0.00

n/a

47

-38.16%

S.L. CO

84093

SANDY

75

0.00%

$397,450.00

18.64%

1

-50.00%

$266,000.00

-15.56%

42

-43.24%

S.L. CO

84094

SANDY

84

13.51%

$287,950.00

10.77%

11

-21.43%

$274,000.00

15.61%

35

-10.26%

S.L. CO

84095

SOUTH JORDAN

134

-17.28%

$399,900.00

12.81%

60

13.21%

$243,202.00

10.55%

60

-25.93%

S.L. CO

84096

HERRIMAN

167

-12.11%

$325,149.00

1.16%

49

2.08%

$217,635.00

-2.47%

40

-29.82%

S.L. CO

84101

SLC

5

150.00%

$192,900.00

54.38%

20

-28.57%

$276,500.00

13.34%

98

1.03%

S.L. CO

84102

SLC

17

-19.05%

$423,500.00

29.91%

24

0.00%

$214,750.00

32.36%

42

-34.38%

S.L. CO

84103

SLC

51

10.87%

$525,000.00

18.64%

41

36.67%

$231,000.00

26.61%

72

-18.18%

S.L. CO

84104

SLC

52

4.00%

$179,000.00

17.76%

2

100.00%

$76,950.00

18.38%

19

-47.22%

S.L. CO

84105

SLC

91

-1.09%

$366,500.00

7.48%

1

n/a

$127,500.00

n/a

39

-23.53%

S.L. CO

84106

SLC

129

7.50%

$315,000.00

10.92%

35

6.06%

$178,000.00

-3.78%

36

-26.53%

S.L. CO

84107

MURRAY

57

29.55%

$274,500.00

9.82%

58

-14.71%

$154,500.00

-15.09%

37

-47.89%

S.L. CO

84108

SLC

63

10.53%

$476,000.00

-3.84%

6

-66.67%

$344,175.00

31.87%

53

-32.91%

S.L. CO

84109

SLC

67

-5.63%

$398,250.00

4.80%

7

40.00%

$156,200.00

-18.86%

52

-3.70%

S.L. CO

84111

SLC

17

-19.05%

$265,500.00

6.20%

15

-21.05%

$228,000.00

-18.28%

34

-46.03%

S.L. CO

84115

S SLC

83

20.29%

$235,000.00

17.50%

31

82.35%

$165,500.00

7.82%

30

-11.76%

S.L. CO

84116

SLC

57

-19.72%

$215,000.00

16.28%

8

14.29%

$120,200.00

-6.75%

33

-5.71%

S.L. CO

84117

HOLLADAY

48

-12.73%

$473,237.00

40.22%

51

30.77%

$155,000.00

22.05%

41

-38.81%

S.L. CO

84118

TAYLORSVILLE/ KEARNS 217

17.93%

$218,000.00

12.95%

1

-50.00%

$144,000.00

-32.95%

22

-38.89%

S.L. CO

84119

WVC

108

28.57%

$218,500.00

20.55%

49

11.36%

$158,000.00

12.86%

34

-29.17%

S.L. CO

84120

WVC

147

-3.29%

$217,000.00

11.28%

7

-30.00%

$196,000.00

1.82%

33

-15.38%

S.L. CO

84121

COTTONWOOD

143

17.21%

$365,000.00

11.28%

44

83.33%

$223,250.00

34.49%

63

3.28%

S.L. CO

84123

TAYLORSVILLE/ KEARNS 79

9.72%

$265,000.00

7.83%

30

-26.83%

$148,500.00

16.93%

41

32.26%

S.L. CO

84124

HOLLADAY

64

-5.88%

$468,450.00

12.20%

24

118.18%

$336,450.00

57.22%

60

-35.48%

S.L. CO

84128

WEST VALLEY

98

-7.55%

$229,450.00

7.98%

15

50.00%

$175,000.00

16.28%

29

-3.33%

S.L. CO

84129

TAYLORSVILLE

97

32.88%

$239,000.00

7.90%

9

50.00%

$158,000.00

11.50%

25

-48.98%

S.L. CO TOTALS

3142

5.12%

$290,000.00

7.81%

932

11.48%

$210,000.00

7.72%

39

-26.42%

DAVIS CO 84010

BOUNTIFUL

107

10.31%

$293,500.00

1.21%

21

-22.22%

$162,000.00

-1.82%

49

-20.97%

DAVIS CO 84014

CENTERVILLE

45

4.65%

$297,000.00

6.87%

20

42.86%

$189,250.00

42.83%

37

-17.78%

DAVIS CO 84015

CLEARFIELD

280

7.69%

$224,900.00

15.33%

31

93.75%

$135,900.00

11.44%

32

-48.39%

DAVIS CO 84025

FARMINGTON

59

18.00%

$340,000.00

-0.73%

31

106.67%

$217,000.00

2.12%

68

-5.56%

DAVIS CO 84037

KAYSVILLE

100

2.04%

$329,650.00

6.73%

4

33.33%

$200,750.00

26.26%

60

13.21%

DAVIS CO 84040

LAYTON

78

-2.50%

$271,500.00

-2.16%

11

37.50%

$204,900.00

12.94%

41

-38.81%

DAVIS CO 84041

LAYTON

170

3.03%

$238,000.00

13.60%

14

0.00%

$170,000.00

-1.73%

24

-40.00%

DAVIS CO 84054

N. SALT LAKE

80

9.59%

$284,950.00

7.57%

19

5.56%

$208,500.00

8.12%

56

9.80%

DAVIS CO 84075

SYRACUSE

148

51.02%

$310,950.00

16.09%

0

n/a

$0.00

n/a

47

-14.55%

DAVIS CO 84087

WOODS CROSS

49

19.51%

$285,000.00

18.75%

9

80.00%

$225,000.00

25.00%

25

-13.79%

1116

11.04%

$268,250.00

9.49%

160

33.33%

$190,000.00

9.99%

41

-25.45%

DAVIS CO TOTALS

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A: We never want any of our members to be caught off guard with a key problem, but we know it happens. In the event that we are not in the office to assist you, here are some alternative lifelines: • Call Supra’s Agent Support line at 1-877-699-6787 (5 a.m.-7 p.m.

PST, seven days a week).

• Register your key, as outlined above, so that you can generate your own authorization code online.

• Reference the “Help” page on your Supra eKEY APP. This is a wealth of information, and I would suggest you review it.

Q: What are the most common “quick fixes” for my eKEY? A: With new phones and different software updates coming out so frequently, it’s sometimes hard to pinpoint what causes the error. Here are some suggestions for keeping your eKEY running smoothly.

• Always run the wireless update once a day before going out to your showing. It runs best while connected to WIFI. • Check that the Bluetooth on your phone is on and activate the Bluetooth in the keybox by pushing up on the bottom of the key tray. If it just keeps “communicating,” try turning the Bluetooth on your phone off and then back on, or try restarting your phone.

• Make sure that there is not an update for the Supra eKEY APP waiting to be run. This will vary from phone to phone, depending on when you run software updates.

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Terrie Lund

Academy Mortgage is pleased to introduce Terrie Lund as senior manager of field marketing for the Mountain West region. Terrie brings a strong work ethic along with over 24 years of experience in the real estate industry to Academy Mortgage. Terrie will be responsible for building out the regional marketing team to support Academy’s core strategies, coach and develop the marketing team to drive more purchase business to Academy Mortgage and develop business partnerships to support our sales team. Terrie will also oversee celebratory and service activities that will build our culture of working together in all capacities within the region. Terrie is very involved with the Salt Lake Board of Realtors® serving on several committees, is a certified continuing education instructor and is the chairwoman for the Affiliates Advisory Board for 2017.

Aubrey and Associates Realty welcomes: Staci Roylance, Marcela Montemurro, Scott McCullough, Jill Kinder, Nancy Furch, Todd Rodocker, Laura Rosqvist, Jane Simons, Dionisis Cooks, Bryce Stringham, Brooke D’sousa, Kris Botelho, and Grisel Khan.

Realtypath welcomed the following new agents: Larry Downer, Brenda Sanchez, Launa Gibbons, Owen Quinonez, John Austin, Michelle Austin, William Petersen, Griselda Vitela, Josh O’Toole, Rosella Jessop, Jameson Kroll, Joshua Elkington, Nick Gonzalez, Ryan Heaton, Colby Robison, Tyler Maughan, Ashley Kargel, Ibette Barraza, Walt Flash, Regina Dickinson, Jeremy Osguthorpe, Rafael Almeida-Colom, Kameron Hammond, Jennifer Overdevest, Robert Becker, Tayla Benally, Austria De Hhertoghe, Moises Medrano, and Christopher Heller.

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A Sense of Direction

By Marcus Jessop

I

wanted to thank you for your kindness since being put in as the new Government Affairs Director for the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. I really do appreciate all the new relationships and friendships built over the last two months, and the ones I will continue to build over the years.

Thank You. I was recently watching an episode of my favorite Home Improvement guru. No, I wasn’t watching Bob Vila, but Tim The Tool-man Taylor.

During the episode, Tim was having an interesting discussion with Mr. Wilson about directions. Mr. Wilson suggested, and scientists have concluded, that each human has a piece of manganite behind the nose – located between the eyes. This tiny piece of manganite is found in migratory birds, dolphins, homing pigeons, honeybees, bats, and even some strands of bacteria. The purpose of the manganite is to provide direction to animals through reaction of the earth’s magnetic field.

You can see how this works firsthand by rubbing a needle on wool, putting the needle on a leaf in standing water, and (reacting to the Earth’s Magnetic field) the leaf will then naturally turn until the needle points due north. The earth’s

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magnetism has given humans and animals alike direction for thousands of years.

I believe that direction is key. Over the years, Realtors®, like yourself, have placed our association on a positive sense of direction.

Realtors® have already laid the ground work, navigated and plotted the map, and provided the foundation for my success going forward. I am walking into a Realtor® Association that is not only one of the most influential players in politics, but, most importantly, in helping Utahns live the American Dream; i.e. Home ownership. Your influence is felt at the Capitol, in Utah, in your county, within your municipality, and in your community. I see it as my responsibility to follow the road map and positive direction you have built over the years.

I look forward to working with you in 2017 and beyond!!

Thank You!!

Marcus Jessop is the Government Affairs Director for the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®.

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WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2017 First Time Buyers and Millennials

by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate

FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS 1.

First Time Home Buyers’ reemergence into the market ensures that sales will continue to increase, even while inventory is limited.

2.

31% of buyers currently in the real estate market are first-time buyers.

3.

Why don’t we have enough first-time buyers in the market? With Baby Boomers working and living longer, we aren’t making much room for Millennials to start their careers.

MILLENNIALS 4.

The major debt that the younger generation owes on student loans ($1.3 trillion today) hugely impacts the housing market. But the bigger issue is lack of down payments.

5.

75% believe that buying a home would be the most astute financial decision they’d ever make.

6.

Yet, 80 percent said they don’t think they could qualify for a mortgage.

7.

Expect to see the yield on 30-year mortgages rise to around 4.7% by the end of 2017.

Matthew Gardner is the Chief Economist for Windermere Real Estate, specializing in residential market analysis, commercial/industrial market analysis, financial analysis, land use and regional economics. He is the former Principal of Gardner Economics, and has over 25 years of professional experience both in the U.S. and U.K.

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