The-Bryant-Group's Blog: Buying Salt Lake Real Estate

What Is A Salt Lake City Buyer's Agent?

Many people are unaware of how Salt Lake City real estate agents work and many think that they can find a home without using a Salt Lake real estate agent. However, what most people do not realize is that they are missing out on a service that generally costs them no money and in some cases may even save them money! Let us explain why you should use The Bryant Group as your Salt Lake City Buyer’s Agent when you decide to purchase real estate in Salt Lake City.

A Buyer’s Agent is a real estate agent that works for, and owes fiduciary responsibilities to, the real estate Buyer and has Buyer’s best interests in mind throughout the entire real estate process. A Buyer’s Agent will:

The real estate boom has gone West...and Northwest.

The state with the fastest-growing home prices in the fourth quarter was Utah, at 18%, more than double the U.S. average, a government report showed Thursday.  Wyoming was No. 2 at 14.3% and Idaho was third at 14%.  Washington gained 13.7% and Oregon was fifth at 13.5%.

California came in at No. 35, with a gain of 4.6%, compared with 21% a year later.

Nationally, the real estate market stagnated, with a gain of 5.87% from a year earlier, the slowest pace since 1999, the Washington-based Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight said.  The report doesn't give an average price, only the percentage change.  The West and Northwest benefited from strong job markets, more affordable housing, population…

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage and The Bryant Group is networked with superior real estate professionals around the country.  As a full service real estate company, we can make buying or selling real estate quick and easy.  Please allow us the opportunity to refer you to a top-notch agent to assist you.

The Bryant Group is proud to be associated with the Cartus Broker Network, the largest and most successful real estate referral network in the nation!  The network consists of top-performing real estate companies including Coldwell Banker, ERA, Century 21, and various individual companies.  These brokers and agents are the very best real estate professionals in their market place.  They are relocation trained and…

All real estate licensees are not the same.  Only real estate licensees who are members of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® are properly called REALTORS®. They proudly display the REALTOR "®" logo on the business card or other marketing and sales literature.  REALTORS® are committed to treat all parties to a transaction honestly. REALTORS® subscribe to a strict code of ethics and are expected to maintain a higher level of knowledge of the process of buying and selling Salt Lake real estate.  An independent survey reports that 84% of home buyers would use the same REALTOR® again.

Salt Lake City Real estate transactions involve one of the biggest financial investments most people experience in their lifetime.  Transactions today usually exceed…

When is the best time to buy Salt Lake Real Estate?  With many markets reporting an abundance of homes for sale, and interest rates remaining at near 45-year historic lows, now might be one of the best times in recent memory to buy.  While today’s Salt Lake City real estate market does offer advantages to buyers, consumers still need to be savvy in order to get the best deal they can.

Following are some things that the real estate professionals at The Bryant Group think every Salt Lake City homebuyer should keep in mind:

Don’t Try to Time the Market - When Salt Lake City home prices are lower, it is very tempting for potential buyers to try to wait as long as possible in the hopes that prices will decline even further.  This strategy can be detrimental. …

Caught in between selling and buying Salt Lake Real Estate?

Sometimes selling a home and buying a new one can be a difficult balancing act, as a homebuyer often cannot place an offer on an attractive home and sell the current one simultaneously. These homebuyers and sellers get “caught in between.”  Below are some tips from The Bryant Group on how to close that time gap between buying and selling Salt Lake City Real Estate.

Consider bridge loans.  A bridge loan means borrowing from the current home’s equity until the proceeds from its sale are obtained.  Some bridge loans require that only the interest be repaid; others mandate a single payment of interest and principal when the loan needs to be paid back.  If protracted, bridge loans can be expensive,…