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Real Estate Company Opens Doors

Stratus Real Estate Solutions announced its new opening. The Cottonwood Heights-based company has four branches. The company’s principal broker and owner is Ernad Mehinovic. The brokerage has 50 agents.

Adam Kirkham is Crystal R Investor

Adam Kirkham, 2018 president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®, is a current Crystal R investor to the Realtors® Political Action Committee (RPAC). Crystal R requires an initial contribution level of $2,500 and a sustaining investment of $1,500 annually. Adam has maintained Crystal R designation for several years. An article in the February issue incorrectly identified Adam as a Sterling R investor.

Foreclosures on Rise

Sarah Foley Speaks to WCR

Sarah Foley, writer, and Tony Robbins Breakthrough coach, was the keynote speaker at the Women’s Council of Realtors’® February luncheon at the Realtor® Campus. In 2012, Sarah was riding an ATV when she went off the trail, hit a ditch, and flipped over several times. She broke her back, paralyzing her instantly. “I had a plan,” Sarah said. “And suddenly life flipped me upside down.” After her accident Sarah dove into physical fitness, married her boyfriend, and had a son. “I have made the very conscious decision that it does not matter what happens in my life, it is how I choose to show up and the woman I become in the process that will define my life,” she said. “What if everything in your life was placed there by perfect design? What if everything that felt like was going wrong, was so right? It is by shifting our perspective in this way, that our entire world opens!” Pictured (left to right): Kristel Gough, Claire Larson, McKenzie Cooley, Heather Pappas, Sherile Rickman, Kathryn Gustafson, Klair Gunn, Sophie Reece, Eunice Jones, Cindy Wood, Lisa Jungmann, Deanna Robbins, and Sarah Foley (front row).

ATTOM, a real estate data firm, released its January 2023 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 31,557 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions – up 36 percent from a year ago, and up 2 percent from the prior month. ”The uptick in overall foreclosure filings nationwide points toward a trend that may suggest more increased activity is on the horizon as we enter the new year,” said ATTOM CEO Rob Barber.” While both completed foreclosures and foreclosure starts have stalled slightly over the past month, the annual increase in overall activity seen over the past 21 months may indicate a more substantial trend that could continue into 2023.”