If your looking for sheriffs sales, trustee sales, home auctions, and foreclosure sales. Check with the local trustee websites to see what they have scheduled. If a home is not sold at auction, then it will go back to the bank and eventually end up on the market as an REO Home. Here are some links to local trustees.

• Cannon Firm
• Scalley Reading
• ReconTrust
• Scott Lundberg Firm
• Smith Knowles
• Woodall and Wassermann

Utah REO Homes

Home-buying activity may have slowed in June as local housing markets adjusted to the absence of a government tax credit, but sales figures for the year still remain stronger than last year. Compared to the first half of last year, home sales in the January-to-June period rose nearly 17 percent, according to the report from the Utah Association of REALTORS®. REALTORS® statewide sold 15,895 homes during the first six months of the year, compared to 13,615 sold last year.

Although the report showed a strong first half of the year overall, sales in June dropped 12 percent compared to June 2009, with REALTORS® selling 2,927 homes this year versus 3,311 last year. Nevertheless, the slowdown in sales was expected, since many home purchases occurred earlier in the year than they otherwise would have because of the government’s temporary tax credit, which expired at the end of April for buyers who were not under contract to purchase a home. Economists expect more moderate sales levels during the next few months, with overall sales in 2010 higher than in 2009.

Even with the slowdown from the expiring tax credit, not all areas saw a decrease in sales. In Washington County, for example, 43 more homes were sold this year compared to last June, a 16 percent sales increase. Sales in Uintah County were particularly strong, skyrocketing 167 percent or 30 sales more than June 2009. Cache County saw a nearly 9 percent gain, with REALTORS® selling nine more homes compared to last year.

In Utah overall, the most positive news was the decline in inventory, which was down more than 5 percent statewide, compared to last June. Last year, it would have taken nearly 13 months to sell the supply of existing inventory. This June, it would take about 10 months to sell the existing inventory at the current sales pace.

Soon after the railroad came to Utah, rich ore was discovered at Park City. A mining boom changed Summit County from a ranch-based society to a gold and silver-based one. Prospectors discovered silver and lead ore in Park City in 1868 and 1869, and a number of mines opened.

In 1872, silver was struck in the Ontario Mine, which for many years was felt to be the greatest silver mine in the world. With the Ontario Mine, the big boom started in Park City. The Silver King Mine was discovered in 1892. Many soon made their fortunes from the Park City Mines.

Unlike in other mining communities, families moved to Park City and set up businesses. Though Park City had twenty three saloons and plenty of prostitutes, shootings, and rabble-rousing, it was generally a quieter and more respectable place than the other mining towns of the period. Mine owners did not control all the business, which made Park City more balanced than other mining towns. Many miners had families, and the city operated a decent water system and a well-controlled government.

After Park City was incorporated in 1880, the local government assessed an annual $1,200 licensing fee on saloons, and those saloons able to pay stayed opened.They were not allowed to sell alcohol to a man whose family was in need or to one who had already had too much to drink. The town government also regulated prostitution, which remained legal well into the twentieth century, even through Prohibition.

A number of different religions were practiced in Park City, but Mormonism was greatly discouraged. Mormons had to meet in secret in cellars. A Loyalty League was established in the town with the sole purpose of wiping out Mormonism by lawful and peaceful means.

Park City had fires in 1882, 1889, and 1898. The 1898 fire started in a boarding house near the center of town and quickly spread until the flames had consumed 260 homes and businesses. The city sustained more than a million dollars in losses. Some felt Park City would never recover, but people from all over the nation and all local denominations, including the Mormons, contributed to rebuilding the town. This united effort went a long way toward mending differences between religions.

Mining in Park City lasted well into the 1940′s, much longer than it did in most other Utah mining towns. By the 1950′s most of the mines had shut down. Park City was becoming a ghost town until the ski industry started recognizing the town as a ski haven. Lifts were first built at Park City in the 1960′s, and have been on the rise ever since. Today Park City relies on money brought in by skiers, tourists, and part-time residents.

Park City is now one of the fastest growing cities in Utah. Growth has been so rapid that the city and county have had to experiment with building moratoriums and fees to control the area’s overwhelming increase in population.

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The Nob Hill addition in Ogden is a subdivision located above Harrison Boulevard. Nob Hill features a collection of small bungalows, cottages, and ranch style homes on Ogden’s East Bench. While this is one of the more expensive areas of Ogden City, homes are still incredibly affordable. Check out Nob Hill for amazing mountain view, easy access to Weber State University, and all that Ogden has to offer.

NOB Hill Addition Real Estate Listings

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Realtytrac released a report listing the top areas across the county for foreclosures. Salt Lake, Provo / Orem, and the Ogden area all made the list.

The Provo-Orem area was Utah’s hardest-hit metro in the first half of 2010, with about 3,000 foreclosure-related filings by the end of June, the RealtyTrac report said. That number is an 8.37 percent improvement from the last half of 2009.

Salt Lake City was 36th on the list, with more than 8,000 properties undergoing foreclosure. That amounts to about two homes for every 48.

Ogden-Clearfield also made the chart, which was made up of metropolitan areas with populations of 200,000 or more. In Weber and Davis Counties, about 2,600 foreclosure filings have entered the system this year. Despite the disheartening figures, RealtyTrac points out that foreclosure activity decreased in nine of the 10 metro areas with the highest foreclosure rates.

Foreclosure Listings

Metro Logics, a third party logistics company, will occupy 427,000 square feet in Bangerter Crossing Buildings A and B located at 3845 and 3907 West Ninigret Dr. in Salt Lake City.

Metro Logics provides temperature-sensitive Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) storage and distribution services to the medical equipment and pharmaceutical supply industries. The company is headquartered in Olive Branch, Miss.  The new Salt Lake City space will include 12,000 square feet of office space. Once the space is completed, 14 full-time employees and 102 part-time employees will be housed in the two buildings.

WinCo Foods, LLC, a regional discount supermarket company, has completed the purchase of nine acres of land in Layton. The new store will be located at 144 S. Fort Lane in Layton. A 95,000-square-foot WinCo Foods store will be built on the site. The completion date of the store is unknown at this time.

Layton Real Estate

Overstock.com, a Utah based online retailer, announced it has leased 15,000 square feet in Tooele, for a new customer service call center. According to Overstock.com Senior Vice President of Logistics Stephen Tryon, approximately 200 new employees will eventually be hired for the new Tooele center. The Tooele call center’s projected opening date will be sometime in early October 2010.

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Daybreak

This year Daybreak is the Parade’s only cluster site. Visit Daybreak during the parade to tour the latest in eco design and home décor. In one place, you’ll be able to explore seven fabulous homes — from charming tradition to urban sleek to solar-powered contemporary to the brand-new, easy-living home designs of Garden Park — with prices starting in the very attainable high $100s.

While your at Daybreak, stop by the SoDa Row village center for lunch or a snack. You can also check out the newly completed platforms for the soon-to-begin TRAX light rail service, take a stroll around Oquirrh Lake, or just relax on a park bench and enjoy the scenery.

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