New Salt Lake Market Edge

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Avg. home prices are back to levels where they were in Fall of '03, with Alexander Goldfarb, Sandler O'Neill & Partner…

Buy Now, Not Later

A Few Great Reasons why buyers should buy "NOW" instead of Later

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ZipRealty wins Most Innovative New Technology for our iPhone App!

I wanted to share some exciting news with you -- ZipRealty's cutting-edge iPhone app featuring HomeScan(TM) just won "Most Innovative New Technology" of the year from Inman News – and it's completely free for you to download.

With HomeScan, you can look through your phone and instantly see which homes are for sale (and recently sold) in your immediate vicinity, get home detail info including price, photos and more. There's nothing else like it in real estate.

Here's some more info about it, including a video demonstrating how it works:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEAow2y_WEk

See What's Selling!

(Most recent Pending home sales*from the areas that ZipRealty serves)
Are you Ready to see your home on the ZipRealty Market?
*Pending home sales represent the enitire market of transactions and are not ZipRealty specific.
Click on the link at the right: http://pending.ziprealty.com/

The long and the short of Short Sales

What's great about Short Sales? We're glad you asked! In a nutshell, Short Sales make it possible for home buyers to get a great deal on their next home, and for homeowners who are unable to make their mortgage payments to avoid foreclosure.


Here's how it works:
A short sale occurs when a homeowner sells their home for less than (short of) what they still owe on their mortgage, and the bank agrees to accept the proceeds from the sale as payment in full of the loan balance.

Learn more: (CLICK ON THE LINK TO THE RIGHT)

10 Ways to Reduce Your Summer Utility Bills

Now that the summer heat--and summertime utility bills--are making you sweat, you might want to consider making a few changes to cut your energy consumption. You can shave dollars off your monthly bills without sacrificing comfort, as long as you plan ahead and get creative. Here's US News and World Report's room-by-room guide to saving money this summer and benefiting the Earth at the same time."