Corie Seymour Salt Lake Real Estate

The Ranches @ Stone Creek in West Jordan is a real Senior Housing Community, but you couldn't tell it by looking. The Home Owners at the Ranches want you to be able to tell by looking. They think the best way to do that is to replace the monkey bars and plastic slide with amenities that better reflect their time of life. Nothing special, just what they thought was promised, park benches, a pavilion with picnic tables and a barbecue pit. Not a basketball court and playground.

"There seems to be no consideration given to the demographics of the community" said a letter to the city from the Home Owners Association. Other home owners have said that Peterson Development had not finished parks and open spaces as promoted and promised.

The city says that the open space issues stem from 3 problems. First, the developer has been slow to implement park projects. ( thats political talk for, the developer hasn't done what he said he would do). Second, the city has failed to make it's scheduled inspections. ( that means the city didn't do what it was supposed to do and the developer took advantage of it). Third, maps provided by Peterson Development to prospective residents may have led them to believe that the open space would be entirely manicured. (means the sales material did what it was supposed to do, but was not truthful).

Sounds like no one did what they were supposed to, and the older set is getting the run around. Cmon, were a better city than that. Peterson Development is a better company than that. Lets show it.

The developer owns a lot more land in that area, ( can the city government say leveradge) I'm sure the city can commit that, come springtime, The Ranches @ Stone Creek will be minus a basketball court and have some nice barbeque areas for the geriatric set.

Have other West Jordan Real Estate questions? Give me a call @ 801-567-0946 or stop by my website at Salt Lake Homes for more Information.

They must need Homes. They must need Condominiums or Town Homes. They must be looking for Real Estate all over the Salt Lake Valley. Who am I talking about? The 84,425 new residents that showed up in Utah last year.

According to the Brandon Loomis article in the Friday, Nov, 16th Salt Lake Tribune ," more people than ever before moved to Utah last year". State officials said that the Utah population grew last year at the rate of about 10 people every hour. That's REAL GROWTH. But I don't know what that means to you and me.

I hope it means people will be buying new homes in South Jordan and Riverton, or Luxury Homes in Herriman, or a Condominium or Town Home in West Jordan. I hope If your selling, that they will buy your home. What I'm saying is, I couldn't immediately see the point of the article. I did however think there was some interesting stuff in it. Let me share it with you, and you make sense of it. Or not. Maybe you can write back and tell me what I missed. Or maybe by the time I'm finished, I'll get it.

Here's some of the stuff I thought was interesting:

Fastest growing counties:
1. Utah
2. Washington
3. Wasatch
4. Summit
5. Morgan

Three largest counties:
1. Salt Lake
2. Utah
3. Davis

Utah grew at a rate of 3.2 per cent to nearly 2.7 million residents last year.

Job growth was approximately 4.5 %, compared to the national rate of only 1.5 %

Salt Lake County population increased by 22,530 people.

Births rose to 53,953, the 10th record in 11yrs, thanks to the states "echo boomers"of the 80s.growing up and parenting a second baby boom.

"The internal need of the 20 year olds produces the demand for houses". "People moving in supply the labor".

I get, I get it!! There it is, the key to the article, and the key to a prosperous Real Estate Market in Utah for years to come. All in the last two sentences. High birth rates, 20 year olds coming of age, not wanting to leave the area, but wanting to buy a starter home. Continual pressure from below, for home owners to move up to a new home, and on and on, and on. It's a cycle, a home demand cycle that will get stronger every year.

Your a part of that cycle, and you may need some help. If you think you might, visit my website, Utah Homes see what I offer. Or call me @ 801-567-0946

Just a sweep of the pen and the Herriman city council increased the size of their domain by almost 40%.

If the property owners meet all of the Salt Lake County requirements (they will) Rosecrest will be annexed into Herriman January 1st 2008. That could be a good thing. It could mean "good "growth.

Herriman Mayor J. Lynn Crane spoke to the South Valley Journal this month about growth, and the recent challenges of managing the anticipated 20 years of scheduled growth over the last eight years. Quoting the Wasatch Front Socioeconomic Publication the Mayor stated that of the 10,578 residential units approved along the Wasatch front from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, 5817 were issued in Salt Lake County. Twenty per-cent of those approvals (1163) were granted in Herriman.

That same article claimed that the Population of Herriman has increased over 790% since 2000.

And now, the City of Herriman must deal with the gorilla in the tent, or the elephant in the gunnysack, or whatever metaphor you want to use. Rosecrest development will need to be managed, if the Mayor and City Council are to fulfill the slogan recently adopted by the Utah League of Cities and Towns that encourages City Governments to "make things better".

Herriman City can be "made better" by requiring Rosecrest to build smaller, more inexpensive homes, and condominiums.

There are enough $600 thousand dollar homes right now. Start "making life better" for those people that need a $ 175,000 home or condo. Coordinate the high density homes with the extended TRAX system to kill two birds with one stone.

Don't let Rosecrest diminish the opportunities of major commercial and residential developments like Wheatlands @ Herriman, and Miller Farm.

So far so good, you folks are doing a great job of "making life better" in Herriman, for those families that are there, and those that will surely come.

If you would like more information on Real Estate opportunities in Herriman or the Salt Lake Valley, visit my Website @ Salt Lake Homes or call me at 801-567-0946.

The answer is West Jordan, near the Senior Center.!

Chauncey Depew, when asked at 92 "what is the most beautiful word in the world"?. The elderly Lawyer replied "Home".

Chauncey must have owned a home in West Jordan, because a body needs things around that home that make later life more pleasurable.

The city fathers/mothers of West Jordan understand that, and each month as I look at the programs and activities provided our older citizens I am proud to be a resident of a community that is so committed to the well-being of it's older population.

As an example, councilwoman Melissa Johnson is looking at ways to expand the times and nature of activities offered at the center. More evening activities for a program already full of fun and helpful stuff.

Just look at October. The Center started a new leather-working class, a new book club, hosted a choir performance by the West Jordan Senior Center Choir ( yes they have their own choir), free bingo, and then tonight, Oct 27th, the West Jordan Symphony will hold a concert.

In November, it's more of the same, except everyone can go to Wendover, and then when they get back, a three week educational program teaching seniors hoe to overcome the difficulties of the health care system.

Don't forget the annual Thanksgiving day dinner, a chance to be thankful for living in a great neighborhood.

Chauncey was almost right, it's "Home in West Jordan"

If you would like some help in finding a home near the Senior Center, stop by my website, Cories site, or give me a call @ 801 567-0946.

Good Luck.

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The first Condominium project in the Continental United States was built in Salt Lake City in 1960. So said Keith Romney back in 1974 in his book Condominium Development Guide. The "Father of Condominiums" also reported predictions that Condos would account for 40 - 50 percent of all multi-family Real Estate construction by 1975.

That was almost 30 years ago and while we haven't seen that kind of Condo explosion we have seen an increase in Condominium conversions and development in Salt Lake over the last few years. The reason is an ever increasing cost of land and the need to provide affordable housing for an ever expanding Real Estate market.

But this isn't an article on Real Estate economics, I thought it would be a fun history lesson. Condominium ownership has an interesting history and for the fun of it I'd like to quote a bit from that same book. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.

Historically, the term "condominium" dates back to the sixth century B.C. when the Romans passed the first enabling legislation permitting the construction of homes with a form of cooperative ownership, in which individuals were entitled to separate use and ownership within a multifamily project.

During the middle ages, individual ownership of rooms and entire stories of buildings developed in Western Europe as a response to over crowding conditions in the walled cities. As threats of attack and invasion became less serious, urban populations migrated to less congested settings outside city walls.

Over ninety percent of residential development in Paris, France after World War II has been condominium units. In South America, four out of five commercial buildings are condominiums. Even the Scandanavian countries, the foremost proponents of cooperativism in all forms, has felt its influence. Furthermore, in countries like Mexico and Venezuela, the condominium has been used by government in leiu of public housing with surprising success and effectiveness.

So thats the history lesson, Stay tuned for a lesson on the future. Because of the unbelievable cost of Land I think history may be about to repeat itself.

If you are exploring whether a maintenance free lifestyle, is for you, give me a call, I know Condos. 801-567-0946 or visit my website for Real Estate Info.