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Table of Contents Features 10 Christmas in July 12 Home Sellers Hold Skewed Views

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of Home Marketing Teresa Boardman Inman News

18 The Value of Membership 20 Vacation Home Sales Surge in 2013, Investment Property Declines By the National Association of Realtors®

22 U.S. Foreclosure Rate Decreases

to Lowest Level Since July 2006, Before Housing Bubble Burst

Columns 7 Harder to Own a Home?

Angie Domichel Nelden – President’s Message

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

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wning one’s home has long been considered a part of the American Dream. In 2000, 2-in-3 householders in the United States owned their own homes. In 1900, less than half owned their homes.

However, some states have always had high homeownership rates – over 50 percent. These states were located in the Rocky Mountains, the Midwest, and northern New England (for example, Utah, Michigan, and Maine).

According to the Census Bureau, Utah is the only state where the homeownership rate has never fallen below 60 percent.

The U.S. homeownership rate for all Americans peaked at 69.2 percent in June 2004, according to the Census Bureau. Yet last month the Bureau reported that the U.S. homeownership rate fell to 64.7 percent (non-seasonally adjusted) in the second quarter. This rate of 64.7 percent was 0.3 percentage points lower than the second quarter 2013 rate (65.0 percent) and 0.1 percentage point lower than the rate last quarter (64.8 percent). This marks the lowest ownership rate in nearly 20 years. After peaking in 2004, the ownership rate has been steadily falling, at first from the aftermath effects of housing market bubble-crash to the ongoing tight mortgage availability conditions now.

What’s more, the report showed that quarterly homeownership for Americans under 35 years of age has fallen below 36 percent, a number that constitutes a new low. The falling homeownership in recent years is partly due to the struggles of first-time buyers.

Lower wages and larger student debts among recent college graduates have limited the millennial generation from taking advantage of the historically low interest rates.

“Though the (overall) homeownership rate fell, it is worth noting that there were more homeowners in the latest data then before,” said Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist.

“It’s just that the renting population grew faster. Specifically, over the past three months, the number of renting households increased by 312,000, while the number of homeowners increased by 54,000.”

According to Yun, the strange pattern of more homeowners but a falling homeownership rate (because of an even faster rise in the number of renters) will continue for the next two years at least. That’s because household formation of young adults who had been living with their parents will seek out their own housing with an improving economy, first as renters before making the shift to homeowners. This trend also means that housing demand for both home purchases and rentals will be on the increase.

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Jim Bringhurst Gives $50,000 to RPAC The Salt Lake Board of Realtors® recently recognized Jim Bringhurst, principal broker of The Bringhurst Group, in giving more than $50,000 to the Realtors® Political Action Committee.

Bringhurst is the only Realtor® in Utah to have invested over a lifetime more than $50,000 to RPAC. He is a past president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors® and just completed serving six years as a director to UtahRealEstate.com.

Broker Warns Against Syndication

On July 31 UtahRealEstate.com held a broker luncheon featuring Jim Abbott, of San Diegobased Abbott Realty Group (ARG). Abbott pulled his brokerage’s listings from third party websites in 2012 and has been a leading voice against syndication. “If your real estate office outsources listings to third-party, non-broker syndicators like Zillow and Trulia, your next transaction isn’t coming,” Abbott said. “In fact, you’ve surrendered that income to brokers and agents who pay fees to syndicators in order to hang their names next to your listings.”

Abbott Realty Group is one of the top real estate brokerages in San Diego and has been named one of most innovative brokerages due to their decision to stop all listing syndication outside of the MLS. Brokers who belong to UtahRealEstate.com can choose whether to syndicate their listings to third-party websites.

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Pictured: Angie Nelden, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®, and Curtis Bullock, CEO of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®.

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Hundreds of Realtors® on July 29 were treated to a preview of homes featured in this year’s Salt Lake Parade of Homes. The annual Realtor® Day at the Parade of Homes included a brunch sponsored by Daybreak and food trucks at the Herriman Towne Center. In addition, the Salt Lake Home Builders Association held its first Chefs on Parade VIP Tour at four custom homes where professional chefs offered a sampling of different cuisines.

New Home Sales Down New home sales slid in June, according to the National Association of Realtors®. The decline is not a reflection of slower housing demand, but more related to homebuilders putting up fewer homes.

Whatever builders build, they are able to find buyers reasonably quick. But the homebuilding industry has been hampered by a labor shortage and the difficulty of obtaining construction loans.

Numerically, in June, new home sales fell 8 percent.

The decline is inconsistent with existing home sales, which had risen 3 percent.

Since the existing home sales market comprises over 90 percent of all home sales, the overall housing market recovery is still intact.

The decline in new home sales do not reflect a lack of buyers since it takes only 3 months to find a buyer on average now versus 10 to 14 months a few years ago. The decline instead reflects too little new home construction.

If homebuilders build 10 homes, then there will be 10 new home sales; if building only 3 homes then there will be 3 new home sales. Housing starts of single-family homes have mysteriously tumbled in the past two months.

Newly constructed home price is notably higher than that of existing homes.

Higher construction costs have opened the gap between the two property types. That means there is more room for existing home price to rise to catch up.

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Members of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors® came together at the annual Christmas in July event to give to The Road Home homeless shelter in Salt Lake City. Hundreds of backpacks filled with games, toys, books and personal hygiene items were distributed to nearly 300 individuals.

Pictured (top clockwise): Santa and his elves greeted children.

The snow cone booth was a big attraction for a hot summer July day. Children wave to Santa and Mrs. Claus as they arrive at The Road Home. Callie and Lisa Jungemann, Sandy Day. Opposite Page (top): Angie Nelden, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®; Dave Robison, president elect of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®; Emily Norris, director of operations for the Salt Lake Board of Realtors® and Laura Harrison, director of events for the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. Santa arrives in a horse-drawn carriage. Santa and Sue Hoggan, chairwoman of the Christmas in July Committee. Children enjoyed jumping on the bounce house.

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Home Sellers Hold Skewed Views of Home Marketing

By Teresa Boardman Inman News Homebuyers ask for pictures and they want lots of them. They want great photographs that they can look at on their computer screens, tablets or smartphones.

The way buyers look for homes has really changed now that everything is on the Internet.

Marketing homes on the Internet is old news for real estate agents and for homebuyers, but home sellers have not caught on.

Homeowners who purchased their last home in the 1980s, ’90s or the early ’00s remember going to open houses and looking at newspaper advertisements.

For many homeowners, the process of selling a home hasn’t changed since then.

As a result, they may not even be asking their real estate agent the right questions. Instead of asking us how many open houses we plan on doing, they should be asking us if we plan to hire a professional photographer.

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Those same homeowners don’t really pay much attention or even notice the poor photographs of their home on the Internet. You know – the ones with the dimly lit rooms and the bright yellow date stamps across the bottom of the photograph.

Technology really has changed the way homes are marketed. Effective marketing happens on multiple websites with photography and words. Each picture is seen by thousands of people instead of the two to 10 people who show up at the open house.

There isn’t anything wrong with having an open house. Many agents use open houses as a way to prospect, and real estate companies like it when agents put out all of those open house signs with the real estate company logo on them. It’s good for business.

Open houses are also a great way for agents to represent both the buyer and the seller, which means more money for the real estate agent.

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“Superb interior photographs displayed on the Internet will get more qualified buyers into a home than an open house.”

Homeowners believe the open house is going to sell their house. They don’t understand that there is actually a much bigger pool of qualified buyers out there — including people who cannot go to open houses on Sunday afternoons.

Home sellers don’t really see us working unless we are holding an open house. Marketing on the Internet is still an abstract concept for most, and it doesn’t really seem like the kind of work a seller wants to pay thousands of dollars for.

Some home sellers will act all impressed when I talk about photography and the kind of visual marketing experience I need to create to get the attention of homebuyers. But if I asked them to choose between digital marketing and having open houses, many would choose the open house because they understand it.

If photography was important to home sellers,

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they would insist on better pictures. They would ask agents for samples of how they market homes on the Internet, rather than asking them if they will do an open house every weekend and if they will pay for print advertising.

As an industry, if we really want to improve the home buying process, we need to start working on the home selling process. We need to educate homeowners on how today’s homebuyers will shop for their next home. We need to help them understand that things may have changed since they purchased their home.

Superb interior photographs displayed on the Internet will get more qualified buyers into a home than an open house. We need to get home sellers up to speed on how the Internet has changed the home buying process — even though it is probably easier and less expensive for real estate agents to just do open houses.

Teresa Boardman is a broker in St. Paul, Minn., and founder of the St. Paul Real Estate blog. This article was reprinted in Salt Lake Realtor® Magazine with permission of Inman News. Copyright 2014. All rights reserved.

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Vacation Home Sales Surge in 2013, Investment Property Declines By the National Association of Realtors®

Vacation home sales rose strongly in 2013, while investment purchases fell below the elevated levels seen in the previous two years, according to the National Association of Realtors®.

NAR’s 2014 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, covering existing- and new-home transactions in 2013, shows vacation-home sales jumped 29.7 percent to an estimated 717,000 last year from 553,000 in 2012. Investment-home sales fell 8.5 percent to an estimated 1.10 million in 2013 from 1.21 million in 2012. Owner-occupied purchases rose 13.1 percent to 3.70 million last year from 3.27 million in 2012. The sales estimates are based on responses from households and exclude institutional investment activity.

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun expected an improvement in the vacation home market.

“Growth in the equity markets has greatly benefited high net-worth households, thereby providing the wherewithal and confidence to purchase recreational property,” he said. “However, vacation-home sales are still about one-third below the peak activity seen in 2006.”

Vacation-home sales accounted for 13 percent of all transactions last year, their highest market share since 2006, while the portion of investment sales fell

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to 20 percent in 2013 from 24 percent in 2012.

Yun said the pullback in investment activity is understandable. “Investment buyers slowed their purchasing in 2013 because prices were rising quickly along with a declining availability of discounted foreclosures over the course of the year,” he said.

“In 2011 and 2012, investment property was a no-brainer because home prices had sharply over corrected during the downturn in many areas, creating great bargains that could be quickly turned into profitable rentals. With a return to more normal market conditions, investors now have to evaluate their purchases more carefully and do their homework,” Yun added.

The median investment-home price was $130,000 in 2013, up 13.0 percent from $115,000 in 2012, while the median vacation-home price was $168,700, up 12.5 percent from $150,000 in 2012.

All-cash purchases remained fairly common in the investment- and vacation-home market: 46 percent of investment buyers paid cash in 2013, as did 38 percent of vacation-home buyers.

Of buyers who financed their purchase with a mortgage, large down payments continued to be the norm in 2013. The median down payment for investment buyers was 26 percent, while vacation-

home buyers typically put 30 percent down.

Forty-seven percent of investment homes purchased in 2013 were distressed homes, as were 42 percent of vacation homes.

Lifestyle factors remain the primary motivation for vacation-home buyers, while rental income is the main factor in investment purchases.

The typical vacation-home buyer was 43 years old, had a median household income of $85,600 and purchased a property that was a median distance of 180 miles from his or her primary residence; 46 percent of vacation homes were within 100 miles and 34 percent were more than 500 miles. Buyers plan to own their recreational property for a median of 6 years, down from 10 years in 2012.

Five percent of vacation-home buyers had already resold their property, while another 9 percent plan to sell within a year.

“This reflects the 28 percent of recreational property buyers who said they purchased to diversify investments or saw a good investment opportunity,” Yun said.

Buyers listed many reasons for purchasing a vacation home: 87 percent want to use the property for vacations or as a family retreat, 31 percent plan to use it as a primary residence in the future, 28 percent wanted to diversify their investments or saw a good investment opportunity, 23 percent plan to rent to others and 22 percent intend it for use by a family member, friend or relative.

Forty-one percent of vacation homes purchased last year were in the South, 28 percent in the West, 18 percent in the Northeast and 14 percent in the Midwest.

Investment-home buyers in 2013 had a median age of 42, earned $111,400 and bought a home that was relatively close to their primary residence – a median distance of 20 miles.

Fifty percent of investment buyers said they purchased for rental income, 34 percent wanted to diversify their investments or saw a good investment opportunity, and 22 percent bought for a family member, friend or relative to use – often to house a son or daughter while attending college.

Seven percent of homes purchased by investment buyers last year have already been resold, and another 10 percent are planned to be sold within a year. Overall, investment buyers plan to hold the property for a median of 5 years, down from 8 years in 2012.

Thirty-eight percent of investment properties purchased last year were in the South, 25 percent in the West, 18 percent in the Northeast and 19 percent in the Midwest.

More than eight out of 10 second-home

“Vacation homes are recreational property purchased primarily for the buyer’s (or their family’s) personal use, while investment homes are residential property purchased primarily to rent to others, or to hold for other financial or investment purposes.”

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buyers, both for vacation and investment homes, said it was a good time to buy.

Approximately 43.4 million people in the U.S. are ages 50-59 – a group that dominated second-home sales in the middle part of the past decade and established records. An additional 42.7 million people are 40-49 years old, which is the historic prime age range for purchasing second homes, while another 40.4 million are 30-39 years of age.

NAR’s analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data shows there are 8.0 million vacation homes and 43.7 million investment units in the U.S., compared with 74.7 million owneroccupied homes.

NAR’s 2014 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey, conducted in March 2014, includes answers about 2,203 homes purchased during 2013 from a representative panel of 2,008 U.S. households. The survey controlled for age and income, based on information from the larger 2013 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, to limit any biases in the characteristics of respondents.

The 2014 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey can be ordered by calling 800874-6500, or online at www.realtor.org/ prodser.nsf/Research. The report is free to NAR members and costs $149.95 for nonmembers.

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U.S. Foreclosure Rate Decreases to Lowest Level Since July 2006, Before Housing Bubble Burst

Foreclosures fell to their lowest level since July 2006, according to RealtyTrac’s Midyear 2014 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report™, which shows a total of 613,874 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions — in the first half of 2014, a 19 percent decrease from the previous six months and down 23 percent from the first half of 2013. The report also shows that 0.47 percent of all U.S. housing units (one in 214) had at least one foreclosure filing in the first six months of the year.

The report also includes new foreclosure activity data from June, when a total of 107,194 U.S. properties had a foreclosure filing, down 2 percent from the previous month and down 16 percent from a year ago to lowest level since July 2006, before the housing price bubble burst.

Total foreclosure activity in June was the lowest since the housing bubble burst in August 2006 in 10

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states, including Texas, Georgia, Colorado, Tennessee, Arizona and Nevada.

“Nationwide foreclosure activity in June reached an important milestone, dropping to levels not seen since before the housing price bubble burst in August 2006,” said Daren Blomquist, vice president at RealtyTrac. “Over the next six to nine months nationwide foreclosure numbers should start to flat line at consistent historically normal levels.

“There continue to be concerning trends in some states and local markets that clearly indicate those markets are not completely out of the woods when it comes to the lingering foreclosure problem left over from the housing bust,” Blomquist continued. “While it’s important that any remaining foreclosure infection is addressed promptly to keep it from festering, foreclosures are no longer a widespread contagion threatening to derail the housing market’s return to full health.”

Other high-level findings from the report:

Only nine states saw overall foreclosure activity increase in the first half of 2014 compared to a year ago, including New Jersey (up 54 percent), Maryland (up 18 percent), Iowa (up 10 percent), Massachusetts (up 4 percent), and Connecticut (up 4 percent).

States with the highest foreclosure rates in the first half of 2014 were Florida (one in 74 housing units with a foreclosure filing), Maryland (one in 107), Illinois (one in 123), New Jersey (one in 134), and Nevada (one in 138).

A total of 47,243 U.S. properties started the foreclosure process for the first time (not including re-filings) in June, down 4 percent from the previous month and down 18 percent from a year ago to the lowest level since November 2005 — a more than 8 and a half year low.

Foreclosure starts in June increased from the previous month in 15 states and were up from a year ago in 20 states, including Massachusetts (105 percent increase), New Jersey (70 percent increase), Nevada (66 percent increase), Indiana (65 percent increase), Oregon (50 percent increase), and Ohio (17 percent increase).

Halfway through 2014, a total of 315,895 U.S. properties have started the foreclosure process, on pace to reach more than 630,000 for the year, which would be down from the 747,728 in 2013.

A total of 26,889 U.S. properties were repossessed by lenders via foreclosure in June, down 5 percent from the previous month and down 24 percent from a year ago to the lowest level since June 2007 — an 84-month (7-year) low.

Lender repossessions in June increased from the previous month in 16 states and were up from a year ago in 12 states, including Iowa (up 86 percent), Maryland (up 86 percent), New York (up 49 percent), Oregon (up 22 percent), California (up 18 percent), Illinois (up 8 percent), and New Jersey (up 5 percent).

Halfway through the year a total of 174,691 U.S. properties have been repossessed by lenders via foreclosure, on pace to reach nearly 350,000 for the year, which would be down from the 462,970 lender repossessions in all of 2013.

A total of 46,743 U.S. properties were scheduled for foreclosure auction (in some states these are foreclosure starts) in June, down 1 percent from the previous month and down 13 percent from a year ago to the lowest level since July 2006 — a 95-month low.

Scheduled foreclosure auctions increased from the previous month in 12 states and were up from a year ago in 17 states, including Connecticut (up 68 percent), Pennsylvania (up 62 percent),New Jersey (up 25 percent), North Carolina (up 15 percent), Florida (up 15 percent), and New York (up 10 percent).

For properties foreclosed in the second quarter of 2014, the average time to complete a foreclosure was 577 days, up from 572 days in the previous quarter and up from 526 days in the second quarter of 2013.

States with the longest time to foreclose were New Jersey (1,098 days), New York (930 days),

Florida (925 days), Hawaii (915 days), Illinois (850 days), and Massachusetts (784 days).

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“Distressed properties continue to wane as more traditional sellers find their way into the housing market and home prices continue to rise,” said Chris Pollinger, senior vice president of sales at First Team Real Estate, covering the Southern California market.

“Most indicators show the immediate future will stay the same for the Front Range housing market,” said Greg Smith, broker/owner of RE/MAX Alliance, covering the Denver, Colo. market. “The absorption rate is beginning to show movement towards a balanced market, but buyers and sellers emotionally tend to lag the market as a whole, so even though the overall indicators are showing a balanced market many sellers and buyers are still behaving as if it is a seller’s market.”

The Florida foreclosure rate was the nation’s highest in the first half of 2014: 1.35 percent of housing units with a foreclosure filing (one in 74) during the six-month period — nearly three times the national average. A total of 121,412 Florida properties had a foreclosure filing in the first six months of the year, the most of any state but down 16 percent from the previous six months and down 22 percent from a year ago. In June, Florida foreclosure starts (LIS) and foreclosure completions (REO) were down from a year ago, but scheduled foreclosure auctions increased 15 percent from a year ago. Florida scheduled foreclosure auctions have increased annually in 16 of the last 18 months.

Maryland foreclosure activity in the first half of 2014 decreased 12 percent from the previous six months but was still up 18 percent from a year ago, helping boost the state’s foreclosure rate to second highest in the nation: 0.93 percent of housing units with a foreclosure filing (one in 107) during the six-month period. In June, Maryland foreclosure activity increased 7 percent from the previous month and was up 12 percent from a year ago, boosted by an 86 percent year-over-year increase in bank repossessions.

A total of 42,866 Illinois properties had a foreclosure filing in the first half of 2014, 0.81 percent of all housing units (one in every 123) — the nation’s third highest state foreclosure rate.

The Illinois foreclosure rate ranked No. 3 in the first half of 2014 despite a 16 percent decrease in foreclosure activity from the previous six months and a 32 percent decrease in foreclosure activity from a year ago. Overall foreclosure activity in Illinois jumped 23 percent between May and June, but was still down 19 percent from a year ago driven by decreases in foreclosure starts and scheduled foreclosure auctions. Bank repossessions in Illinois in June increased 8 percent from a year ago, the third consecutive month with an annual increase.

A total of 26,467 New Jersey properties had a foreclosure filing in the first half of 2014, a 54 percent increase from a year ago and 0.74 percent

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of all housing units (one in every 134) — the nation’s fourth highest state foreclosure rate.

A total of 8,504 Nevada properties had a foreclosure filing in the first half of 2014, a 48 percent decrease from a year ago and 0.73 percent of all housing units (one in every 138) — the nation’s fifth highest state foreclosure rate.

Other states with foreclosure rates ranking among the nation’s 10 highest in the first six months of 2014 were Ohio (0.69 percent of all housing units with a foreclosure filing), Delaware (0.68 percent), Connecticut (0.66 percent), Indiana (0.63 percent), and South Carolina (0.62 percent).

79 percent of metros post decreasing foreclosure activity in first half of 2014 Of the 212 metropolitan statistical areas tracked in the report, 168 (79 percent) posted decreasing foreclosure activity compared to a year ago, with an average decrease of 32 percent.

Major metros with decreasing foreclosure activity in the first half of 2014 compared to a year ago included Los Angeles (down 20 percent), Chicago (down 30 percent), Dallas (down 28 percent), Houston (down 29 percent), and Miami (down 30 percent).

Meanwhile 44 metro areas bucked the national trend with increasing foreclosure activity from a year ago in the first half of 2014. Major metros with increasing foreclosure activity included New York (up 20 percent), Philadelphia (up 6 percent), Washington, D.C. (up 12 percent), and Baltimore (up 3 percent).

Despite the annual decrease, Miami posted the nation’s highest metro foreclosure rate: 1.65 percent of all housing units (one in 61) with a foreclosure filing during the first half of the year. Eight other Florida metro areas joined Miami among the top 10 metro foreclosure rates nationwide: Orlando at No. 2 (1.57 percent of all housing units with a foreclosure filing); Port St. Lucie at No. 3 (1.49 percent); Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville at No. 4 (1.49 percent); Tampa-St. Petersburg at No. 5 (1.41 percent); Lakeland at No. 6 (1.35 percent); Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach at No. 7 (1.29 percent); Ocala at No. 8 (1.26 percent); and Jacksonville at No. 9 (1.24 percent).

Of the Florida markets with top 10 foreclosure rates, all posted annual decreases in foreclosure activity except for Port St. Lucie (up 19 percent from a year ago), Lakeland (up 2 percent), and Deltona-

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Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach (up 21 percent).

The only metro area outside of Florida with a top 10 foreclosure rate in the first half of 2014 was Rockford, Il., where 1.24 percent of housing units (one in 81) had a foreclosure filing during the sixmonth period.

Foreclosure process lengthens nationwide, down from a year ago in 17 states

U.S. properties foreclosed in the second quarter of 2014 were in the foreclosure process an average of 577 days from the initial public foreclosure notice to the completed foreclosure, up 10 percent from 526 days in the second quarter of 2013.

The average time to foreclose decreased from a year ago in 17 states, including Minnesota (down 20 percent), Texas (down 17 percent), Maryland (down 17 percent), Georgia (down 11 percent), New York (down 10 percent), and California (down 7 percent).

The average time to foreclose was 1,098 days in New Jersey, the longest of any state, followed by New York at 930 days, Florida at 925 days, Hawaii at 915 days, Illinois at 850 days, and Massachusetts at 784 days.

The average time to foreclose was 169 days in Delaware, the shortest of any state, followed by Texas at 173 days, Alaska at 185 days, Minnesota at 192 days, and Alabama at 207 days.

Report methodology

The RealtyTrac U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing entered into the RealtyTrac database during the month — broken out by type of filing. Some foreclosure filings entered into the database during the month may have been recorded in previous months. Data is collected from more than 2,200 counties nationwide, and those counties account for more than 90 percent of the U.S. population. RealtyTrac’s report incorporates documents filed in all three phases of foreclosure: Default — Notice of Default (NOD) and Lis Pendens (LIS); Auction — Notice of Trustee’s Sale and Notice of Foreclosure Sale (NTS and NFS); and Real Estate Owned, or REO properties (that have been foreclosed on and repurchased by a bank). The report does not count a property again if it receives the same type of foreclosure filing multiple times within the estimated foreclosure timeframe for the state where the property is located.

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Affordability Concerns Results in Falling Home Sales Sales of single-family homes in Salt Lake County fell 9 percent in the second quarter (year-overyear) to 3,298 units sold, down from 3,626 units sold in the second quarter of 2013, according to the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. In the first six months of 2014 home sales dropped 7 percent compared to the first half of 2013.

Other Wasatch Front counties that experienced falling home sales included: Davis County (down 9 percent); and Utah County (down 6 percent).

“Less inventory and rising home prices have caused some home buyers to pull back or not qualify for a mortgage,” said Angie Domichel Nelden, president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. “Slowing sales are having an effect on home prices, which increased less than 2 percent in the second quarter.”

Home sales fell in most Salt Lake County cities including: Draper, down 14 percent; Herriman,

down 21 percent; Magna, down 16 percent; Riverton, down 10 percent; Sandy (84092) down 17 percent; South Jordan, down 12 percent; and Sugar House (84105) down 10 percent.

In the second quarter the median home price increased to $254,000, a 2 percent rise compared to a median price of $249,900 in the second quarter of 2013.

Sales of condominiums in Salt Lake County climbed to 827 in the second quarter, an increase of 3 percent compared to 802 sales in the second quarter of 2013. During the same period, the median condo price in Salt Lake County climbed to $174,900, up 3 percent compared to a median price of $170,000.

New listings increased to 6,584 homes in the second quarter, up 1 percent compared to 6,489 new listings a year ago.

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Home Prices Per Quarter (Salt Lake County)

% +/- CHANGE

2014 Q2 AVERAGE CDOM

3

% +/- CHANGE

n/a

2014 Q2 NEW LISTINGS

$0.00

% +/- CHANGE

n/a

2014 Q2 CONDO MEDIAN SALES PRICE

% +/- CHANGE

2014 CONDO # SOLD

% +/- CHANGE

2014 Q2 MEDIAN SALES PRICE

% +/- CHANGE

2014 HOUSE # SOLD

CITY

ZIP

COUNTY S.L. CO

84006

COPPERTON

2

-33.33%

$130,500 -24.13%

0

-66.67%

9

-52.63%

S.L. CO

84020

DRAPER

159

-14.05%

$372,825 -10.16%

57

-9.52%

$199,450

-1.51%

379

8.60%

72

10.77%

S.L. CO

84044

MAGNA

98

-15.52%

$155,000

0.00%

3

-40.00%

$84,500

-23.18%

142

-6.58%

71

14.52%

S.L. CO

84047

MIDVALE

59

-20.27%

$209,100

3.81%

48

-7.69%

$183,305

-2.47%

196

16.67%

82

95.24%

S.L. CO

84065

RIVERTON

123

-9.56%

$326,500

4.98%

38

171.43%

$209,760

4.13%

251

8.66%

71

7.58%

S.L. CO

84070

SANDY

77

-8.33%

$220,000 -1.57%

23

0.00%

$154,160

2.77%

158

19.70%

62

0.00%

S.L. CO

84081

WEST JORDAN

127

-3.05%

$245,000

3.16%

16

23.08%

$155,000

6.16%

220

12.82%

65

-15.58%

S.L. CO

84084

WEST JORDAN

108

-20.59%

$209,950

11.11%

34

100.00%

$151,559

8.26%

197

3.68%

75

38.89%

S.L. CO

84088

WEST JORDAN

117

4.46%

$243,500

1.46%

25

47.06%

$177,000

14.19%

195

-2.99%

54

3.85%

S.L. CO

84091

SANDY

0

n/a

$0

n/a

0

n/a

$0

n/a

0

n/a

0

n/a

S.L. CO

84092

SANDY

99

-16.81%

$373,000

0.81%

3

200.00%

$255,500

222

9.90%

84

16.67%

S.L. CO

84093

SANDY

86

2.38%

$331,300 -1.83%

2

260.12%

146

-7.59%

77

45.28% 36.59%

-33.33%

$907,500

-77.29%

S.L. CO

84094

SANDY

102

-1.92%

$242,000

0.85%

13

8.33%

$207,000

2.60%

188

6.82%

56

S.L. CO

84095

SOUTH JORDAN

225

-12.11%

$350,000

7.69%

67

39.58%

$215,517

15.40%

553

7.59%

74

5.71%

S.L. CO

84096

HERRIMAN

147

-21.39%

$290,900 -1.39%

35

16.67%

$180,000

-4.64%

334

15.17%

72

1.41%

S.L. CO

84101

SLC

4

0.00%

$132,500 -16.67%

23

$233,599

-20.27%

60

15.38%

107

-37.06%

S.L. CO

84102

SLC

39

-20.41%

$272,000 -5.06%

35

34.62%

$159,900

7.68%

107

-9.32%

49

-39.51%

S.L. CO

84103

SLC

71

-1.39%

$435,000

19.02%

34

17.24%

$204,250

-13.09%

190

9.83%

121

15.24%

S.L. CO

84104

SLC

57

26.67%

$136,990

10.07%

3

200.00%

$67,000

-2.90%

58

-27.50%

48

-30.43%

S.L. CO

84105

SLC

120

-10.45%

$325,375

8.84%

1

n/a

$175,000

n/a

213

10.94%

43

S.L. CO

84106

SLC

130

-20.25%

$265,750

1.82%

37

-28.85%

$143,900

4.28%

253

-12.46%

64

S.L. CO

84107

MURRAY

67

4.69%

$217,000 -0.69%

54

-14.29%

$134,350

-7.34%

198

-2.46%

72

24.14%

S.L. CO

84108

SLC

85

-2.30%

$429,500

7.46%

20

-35.48%

$264,500

1.73%

162

-11.48%

72

-27.27%

S.L. CO

84109

SLC

103

3.00%

$315,000

0.00%

5

-37.50%

$179,900

22.01%

165

5.10%

62

-4.17%

38.71% -3.03%

158.33%

S.L. CO

84111

SLC

15

-40.00%

$177,000 -1.67%

29

0.00%

$158,000

-17.92%

70

-1.41%

93

22.37%

S.L. CO

84115

S SLC

77

-2.53%

$194,000

14.12%

13

-48.00%

$153,000

-1.86%

137

-8.05%

62

21.57%

S.L. CO

84116

SLC

68

-6.85%

$159,825

4.46%

3

-50.00%

$145,000

-9.32%

87

-25.64%

76

11.76%

S.L. CO

84117

HOLLADAY

40

-29.82%

$310,500 -25.18%

47

-2.08%

$155,000

2.82%

185

0.00%

69

11.29%

S.L. CO

84118

TAYLORSVILLE/ 191 KEARNS

-14.35%

$168,500

6.38%

6

500.00%

$193,250

92.67%

265

-5.36%

69

4.55%

S.L. CO

84119

WVC

90

-11.76%

$165,000

1.69%

41

46.43%

$130,000

15.04%

171

-9.52%

52

-13.33%

S.L. CO

84120

WVC

151

11.85%

$173,000

1.76%

13

-23.53%

$150,000

-16.67%

193

-6.31%

63

26.00%

S.L. CO

84121

COTTONWOOD

117

-22.52%

$310,000 -0.64%

36

-7.69%

$202,500

6.58%

292

-3.63%

94

18.99%

S.L. CO

84123

TAYLORSVILLE/ KEARNS

68

1.49%

$229,912

0.40%

37

-7.50%

$119,000

7.74%

147

-9.26%

59

-34.44%

S.L. CO

84124

HOLLADAY

77

-9.41%

$370,000

5.71%

10

-33.33%

$193,000

9.04%

164

9.33%

69

46.81%

S.L. CO

84128

WEST VALLEY

96

-1.03%

$179,500 -0.22%

12

0.00%

$141,500

14.34%

137

0.00%

52

-23.53%

S.L. CO

84129

TAYLORSVILLE

103

$197,650

4.08%

4

-60.00%

$160,500

10.77%

146

15.87%

55

7.84%

$254,000

1.64%

827

3.12%

$174,900

2.88%

6584

1.46%

69

7.81% -4.92%

S.L. CO TOTALS

18.39%

3298

-9.05% -6.36%

DAVIS CO

84010

BOUNTIFUL

103

DAVIS CO

84014

CENTERVILLE

35

20.69%

$257,000

17.05%

25

8.70%

$150,000

31.12%

256

-2.66%

58

$260,000

9.70%

25

-3.85%

$152,000

4.47%

82

3.80%

77

16.67%

DAVIS CO

84015

CLEARFIELD

256

0.79%

$173,700

3.70%

18

0.00%

$116,500

4.77%

414

-1.19%

77

DAVIS CO

84025

FARMINGTON

73

-3.95%

$346,000

25.82%

13

-35.00%

$181,900

8.63%

114

-18.57%

84

-6.10% 3.70%

DAVIS CO

84037

KAYSVILLE

103

-22.56%

$316,600

22.24%

2

-75.00%

$164,750

-11.32%

182

9.64%

81

-1.22%

-2.09%

100

2.04%

66

15.79%

80

48.15% 1.10%

DAVIS CO

84040

LAYTON

78

-27.10%

$247,000

7.86%

6

-14.29%

$118,132

-31.26%

187

DAVIS CO

84041

LAYTON

169

-17.16%

$191,800

0.63%

7

-50.00%

$156,500

13.82%

292

DAVIS CO

84054

N. SALT LAKE

87

-1.14%

$249,900

12.57%

18

20.00%

$176,195

24.08%

167

DAVIS CO

84075

SYRACUSE

101

-12.17%

$223,000 -3.88%

2

n/a

$155,400

n/a

186

10.06%

92

DAVIS CO

84087

WOODS CROSS

60

13.21%

$232,000

1.53%

14

133.33%

$187,892

4.63%

89

3.49%

80

6.67%

$225,000

5.63%

130

$162,450

11.27%

1969

1.65%

78

4.00%

DAVIS CO TOTALS

1065

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-5.11%

16.33% -3.47%

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REALTOR® Connections Q&A: Dave Frederickson Dave Frederickson, principal broker of Keller Williams Salt Lake, is the past president of the Salt Lake Board of Realtors®. He also is chairman of the 2014 Nominating Committee.

Q: How many open seats are there on the Board of Directors?

A: There are three open positions on the Board of Directors. Each position is a four-year term that begins on Jan. 1, 2015. The 16-member Board of Directors creates policies and programs to achieve the fourfold mission of the Board: education, advocacy, service and communication.

Q: Who are the nominees running for director?

A: Six nominees are running this year. They are: Cameron Wood (RE/MAX Associates); Kim Farber (Equity Real Estate); Mike Gabel (Keller Williams); Claire Larson (D.R. Horton); Cheryl Acker (RealtyPath); and Matt Ulrich (Ulrich Realtors®). The 2014 Nominating Committee reviewed each candidate to ensure he or she met the qualifications outlined in the bylaws. The committee included: Lisa Jungemann, Tony Ketterling, Brock Andersen, Scott Colemere, Greg Fabiano, Kevin Larsen, and Brandy Tilo.

Q: Where do I vote?

A: Realtors® can vote online anytime from Aug. 18-24 at www.UtahRealEstate.com. You must login before you can vote. Please remember you can vote for up to three candidates.

Winners will be announced on Aug. 25.

New Draper Townhome Community Announced

James “Eric” Saxey, owner of Everest Builders LLC, has just broken ground on a luxury townhome community in the heart of Draper. All homes will come with an oversized two-car garage, private deck off of the kitchen and a fully landscaped fenced back yard. With roughly 2,000 square feet of interior living space, residences will range from two-bedroom to four-bedroom plans. To create and maintain the unique exterior private and common areas at Draper Creekside, Saxey has chosen to also fully landscape each private back yard at no additional cost – or buyers can choose from either of two upgrade packages being offered. Pricing starts at $240,000. Such standard items include stainless steel Whirlpool appliances, solid granite countertops, tiled bathrooms and hardwood floors. Presales are now being offered on the first units scheduled for completion this September.

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Salt Lake Realtor® August 2014

On the Move The National Association of Realtors® will begin offering its 1 million members Web addresses with a new .realtor toplevel domain sometime before October. The trade group has a signed contract with ICANN to launch .realtor. NAR estimates that it will make .realtor domains available to members this quarter, which ends on Sept. 30. “We are hoping to establish and announce a firm launch date within the next 30 days,” NAR spokeswoman Sara Wiskerchen said. NAR will provide one free .realtor domain for one year to the first 500,000 members who register, according to www.dotrealtor.org, the dedicated website NAR has created to help administer the domain. After that threshold’s been reached, Realtors will pay $39.95 a year for a domain.

Equity Real Estate welcomes: Veronica Jones, Vanessa Cannon, Paul Cannon, Scott Graham, Michelle Clayburn, Dawn Lee Jenks, Henry Blas, Nicholas Pittson, Adam Charles Ward, Steven Fritzsche, Megan Hammond and Trevor Thompson.

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announced that it has named top local Realtor® Brett Naisbitt manager of the company’s South Ogden office.

Naisbitt, a 10-year residential real estate veteran, will oversee a growing sales team of more than 50 independent affiliated agents assisting buyers and sellers in Weber and Davis counties. Naisbitt began his real estate career as an affiliated agent in Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage’s South Ogden office, where he worked for six years and graduated from the company’s Journey to Mastery professional program. Most recently, he was an agent at Prudential Realty, where he also served as a trainer and coach for three years.

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Rio Tinto Stadium $75 per person

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Opening reception 6 p.m.

Buffet Dinner in the Club 6:30 p.m. -7:15 p.m.

RSL vs. Dallas 8 p.m.

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