About Iron County, UT

I have been cleaning out my computer photo files and came across this photo of a sunset. I will admit that it was taken last Spring, but for some reason, I didn't blog with it. I like the photo and decided that I would do it today. I hope that you enjoy it!

Right now in history it seems that there is a lot of doom and gloom prevalent in the world. It is way too easy to get caught up in the misery of the World. If we are to rise out of this we need to not fall prey to the doom and gloom philosophy that is permeating our lives. Regardless of how dark it may seem, we need to look for the silver lining in the clouds of despair that hover over us!

I sat down and figured out our October Sales Statistics for the month of October. We Had 49 properties sell, the gross sales amount in dollars was $7,856,705. Not bad, that is up from 25 sales in the previous month. The Original sales price combined of the sold listings was $8,699,681. The Final listing price was $7,782,207.

That meant that we were doing a better job of listing properties correctly, as the sales price was 89% of the Original Listing price. The Sales price was at 94% of the Final listing price. Our average Days On Market is 169 days, with the shortest time on Market being 16 days.

I know that I should have put this information in a graph form, but I spent a lot more time gathering the data than I had intended and am getting pressed for time before an appointment. I hope that this trend will continue, I think that for at least this month, November, we will see a lot of deals as people were trying to get deals done prior to the end of the stimulus money.

I am hoping that the extension granted will mean that business won't drop off too much during the winter months! I don't know, we normally slow down down during the winter months. Just so that buyers know, it is a great time to buy a home, our inventory is still very good and it isn't too bad to move in the winter, I know we have done it a couple of times.

I thought that I would add another reminder of the summer that we left behind. It has snowed here for the past two days, and I should go and take photographs, but it is cold, and I am fighting a chest cold. So I thought that I would remember warmer times, in some sort of positive thinking to help get past this chest cold.

It is a peony, which is a flower that my parents had in abundance in our yard when I was a child. To me, they have always meant summer as their beautiful flowers make their entrance (at least here) usually around Memorial Day.

This is a photo of our dog Kobi and his half eaten tennis ball as he is hiding under the coffee table. He had enough playing catch and was not about to share his ball with our other dog, Moira, who is older and not as nimble as Kobi, thereby she couldn't get under the table thus making the ball safe.

Thus Moira Surrendered to her sofa.

Often, dogs are very similar to children!