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Before the coronavirus recession, Utah’s housing market was on fire. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic, which sent residents of Northern California and Seattle in search of affordable homes and more

Deseret News Share this story Construction at the Exchange Exterior Townhome building site in Lehi is pictured on Monday, May 10, 2021. Unprecedented increases in the cost of lumber and other building supplies is driving up prices in Utah’s already red-hot real estate and renovation markets. Scott G Winterton, Deseret News It’s an issue that’s worrying a mind-boggling 8 out of 10 Utahns — and one that reaches well beyond Utah to other states in the West. The Deseret News took a deep di...

The Deseret News took a deep dive into Utah’s raging hot housing market and how it fits in to what’s happening in other western states. With high rankings in numerous national lists analyzing the housing market, the Salt Lake metro area is a contender for having the No. 1 housing market in the West.

2021 is already shaping up to be one like no other for real estate in Utah, on the heels of an already record-shattering year for Wasatch Front home sales in 2020.

Utah’s Salt Lake City metro area is a contender for having one of the hottest emerging housing markets in the West. Its big competitor is Idaho, where out-of-state homebuyers are leaving big cities in search of cheaper homes with more space.

SANDY — Home prices in Utah continued moving higher as the median sales price reached a record high of $405,000 in March, according to data compiled by the Utah Association of Realtors. That equates to a price increase of nearly 20%, compared to March of 2020 when the median home sales price was $338,000. In March of 2019, the median sales price in Utah was $305,000. "Its insane," said Dave Robison, the owner of goBE Realty, to describe Utahs housing market. "Its unheard of. Its unprecedented...

TRAVELLERS have set up camp on a public footpath between Gaisby Lane and Poplar Road in Shipley. A member of the public told the T&A the travellers arrived on Monday and set up their caravans on a path well used by cyclists and walkers. A spokesperson for Bradford Council said: “As with every case of traveller encampments on council land without permission, we will work with the travellers and, if necessary, ask the court for a Possession Order for the site. “When the travellers hav...

While mountainous states have thriving real estate markets in the pandemic, other states' markets are struggling.

According to a report by Bankrate.com , Utah’s housing market is the hottest in the United States.

The Beehive state is looking like a great place to a buy home or a sell a home. Bankrate. com reports the Utah housing market was on fire before the pandemic, but now, it’s even hotter. Dave Robison, president of the Utah Association of Realtors, told Bankrate. com “it’s insane. ” Utah boasts among the nation’s strongest pace of job growth, along with low unemployment, low mortgage rates, few mortgage delinquencies and low state and local taxes,...