I was quietly sitting in my office when I heard a loud thud. It was followed shortly afterwards by another thud. I thought one of my employees was knocking, so I got up to see what was going on. The thuds increased in frequency until we were engulfed in a deafening roar as these large hail stones pelted our building. I recorded a few minutes of it on my new VEO phone. The hail stones were larger than a Nickel!

These photos of the hail storm as it made it’s way through Riverton were taken by my sister- in-law:

In July and August you will be receiving your property valuation notice. This notice declares what the county assessor determines is the market value of your home as of January 1st. Your property taxes will be based on this valuation. If you disagree with the result of the valuation, you only have until September 15th to send an appeal. While you cannot appeal how much you will be taxed, you can disagree with what they claim your home is worth.

Here are the steps to submitting an appeal:

Step #1: Determine the value of your property

Examine the county's valuation and look for obvious errors. Is the square footage accurate? What about the lot size? Errors will alter the appraised value of your property. If there are no errors, it is good to

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Purchasing a home can be a complicated and potentially stressful venture. My team and I focus on making the home finding and purchasing process as easy and stress-free as possible. Once the frenzy of contracts and negotiations is over the fun part begins: Moving!

Now that you have your new home, you want to move in as soon as possible. As a service to all of my clients I offer the use of my moving truck for free. Instead of paying more money to rent a moving van or calling all your relatives over to borrow their trucks and cars, you can use my free moving van.

We also use the moving van for community and non-profit volunteer activities. We recently helped with the Allix & Luke Thrall Yardsale which generated funds to support Allix and her 3-year old

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We have seen a shift in the successful sales spots across the state. Now that the first-time home buyer incentive has expired the more luxurious homes are selling. 80% of the top 20 selling areas last month were homes over $300,000. Of these homes, more than 30% are over $500,000!

The current interest rates make these homes excellent to buy right now. Lower interest rates mean that you have more buying power. Combined with decreased home prices these homes are amazing deals right now.

Utah’s Hot Spots are the zip codes and prices ranges that had the most demand and highest success last month. Economic improvement and recovery start in hot spots and then spread to other areas of the valley. Purchasing a home in one of these hot spots gives you a

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