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KSL TV SOUTH JORDAN – The City of South Jordan and Ivory Homes announced the completion of nine new affordable homes for city and local school district employees through a workforce housing collaboration. The Bingham Court Workforce Partnership included innovative zoning and infrastructure cost sharing to allow for deed-restricted, affordable homes for frontline workers. This comes as demand for housing and affordability challenges in Utah are at an unprecedented level, according to a press r...

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...

KSL TV SPANISH FORK — A Utah ICU nurse has arrived home after nearly six months away from her family while she first battled COVID-19, and then recovered from a double lung transplant. "Its good to be home," said Jill Holker. She was greeted Friday by a cheering crowd of about two dozen family, friends and co-workers on the tarmac of the Spanish Fork Airport. Holker cared for sick COVID-19 patients at the beginning of the pandemic in the ICU at Utah Valley Hospital and then became a patient h...

KSL TV LEHI — With the price of lumber skyrocketing, real estate experts are warning homebuyers to pay close attention to contracts with builders and understand who is responsible for rising construction costs. "Does the builder have the right to cancel? Does the builder have a right to increase the purchase price? Those are things that a buyer should be aware of and understand prior to even going under contract," said Kreg Wagner, legal counsel for the Utah Association of Realtors. Wagner sa...

KSL TV 5PM: 3 Utah PetSmart locations halt fish sales out of concern for zebra mussels KSL TV AMERICAN FORK – Fish sales have been paused at three PetSmart locations along the Wasatch Front due to a suspicion of invasive zebra mussels. The company confirmed that the PetSmart location in American Fork was one of the impacted stores but did not give a location for the other two stores. The current threat has been traced to aquarium Marimo moss balls contaminated with zebra mussels that were shi...

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY – Its a common story heard throughout Utahs housing industry: Californians are arriving with plenty of cash in hand, outbidding local homebuyers and driving up the costs of housing; but an analysis by the Utah Foundation finds that does not seem to be the reason for steep increases in home and rental prices. "Why are we seeing these increases? The Utah Foundation has looked whether it might be due in part to any influx of Californians. That does not seem to be the answer...

KSL TV ST. GEORGE — Southwest Utah is gearing up for a bustling spring break season as folks along the Wasatch Front head for some fun in the sun. "If you dont have a room in St. George on the weekends its very tough," said John Olsen, sales manager for the Quality Inn Red Cliffs Hotel in Washington. "Which is great. Its a good problem to have." Olsen said theyve been busy so far this year hosting visitors for sporting tournaments and other vacationers. "Its hopping — one of our best Marche...

After a rough year for commercial office space in Utah, analysts expect optimism and demand to return to the market in 2021.

After a devastating battle with COVID-19, Jill Holker underwent a double lung transplant surgery. Just shy of one month after the surgery, she was able to walk out of the hospital, once again able to breathe on her own.

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. SALT LAKE CITY — Utah families are paying more for child care and also facing long wait lists because of a shortage of space for infants and toddlers, according to state officials, day care providers and parents. "Theyre getting sq...