02/08/2012 - MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL/HOSPITALITY: Montage Deer Valley
The luxury Montage Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, was built on a steep slope over old mine shafts.
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02/07/2012 - Koerber asks judge to toss Ponzi indictment
Koerber asks judge to toss Ponzi indictment By Tom Harvey The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 7, 2012 09:55PM MDT The Utah County man accused of operating a giant Ponzi scheme in the guise of his real estate investment companies asked a federal judge on Tuesday to dismiss the 20-count indictment against him or toss the prosecutors and investigators off the case. Rick Koerber’s attorney told U.S ...
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02/07/2012 - Utah's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Eric Babb, 16, of Highland and Morgan Barron, 13, of Riverton today were named Utah's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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02/02/2012 - 36 Hours: Park City, Utah
Park City, Utah, is the rare ski resort that offers lively diversions on and off the slopes.
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02/02/2012 - Utah trio facing new charges in alleged home-buying scam
Utah trio facing new charges in alleged home-buying scam By Tom Harvey The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 2, 2012 12:19PM MDT A Highland couple has been indicted on more charges in an alleged real estate fraud scheme that involved using straw buyers and inflated appraisals to obtain loans in excess of what the houses were actually selling for. Portia Louder, 40, and Chad Louder, 42, both of ...
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02/03/2012 - Hey, Spike! bids adieu to Ken and Mary
Bruce Wenger, Dr. Bill Spady and Steve the Shaman in Utah. A couple of mainstays in the Summit County real estate and social scenes are soon moving down the hill and back to the Denver area.
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02/01/2012 - Utah city councilman charged in land deal
Utah city councilman charged in land deal By Christopher smart The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 1, 2012 05:02PM MDT A Syracuse city councilman has been charged with a class A misdemeanor for allegedly using his position on the board of the North Davis Sewer District to “secure privileges” for a real estate agent that would result in a kickback of at least $3,000. According to charges filed in ...
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01/28/2012 - Corporate expansions creating demand for office space
Corporate expansions creating demand for office space By LESLEY MITCHELL The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 28, 2012 05:47PM MDT James Lee Sorenson has begun building one of the first speculative office buildings along the Wasatch Front in years. But the Utah businessman says he isn’t worried about finding tenants for the 120,000-square-foot building in Draper that is being constructed without ...
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01/28/2012 - Retail sector stages a comeback in Utah
Retail sector stages a comeback in Utah By LESLEY MITCHELL The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 28, 2012 05:47PM MDT The Wasatch Front economy, wobbly but standing straighter than many rivals, is attracting a host of retail expansions that in 2012 are bringing dozens of new retail concepts to the state and prompting expansion by dozens of retailers already here. Among those arriving this year ...
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01/27/2012 - Can St. George (and Utah) afford a Lake Powell pipeline?
Can St. George (and Utah) afford a Lake Powell pipeline? By Brandon Loomis The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 27, 2012 10:37PM MDT St. George • Just turning on the faucet for the first time in a new home here in Utah’s corner of the Mojave Desert could cost more than $20,000 a generation from now. That’s not a worst-case scenario. It’s the plan. Washington County charges about $5,800 in impact ...
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01/24/2012 - UtahPolicy.com Poll Shows GOP Candidate Cherilyn Eagar Leading in Utah's 2nd Congressional District
SALT LAKE CITY, UT-- - A UtahPolicy.com poll of Utah's 2nd District that surveyed 1,291 Salt Lake County Republican activists named businesswoman and conservative activist Cherilyn Eagar the double-digit ...
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01/21/2012 - LDS Church joins effort to stop fraud, scams in Utah
LDS Church joins effort to stop fraud, scams in Utah By Tom Harvey The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 21, 2012 07:25PM MDT Concerned about the tidal wave of fraud sweeping over Utah that has reached an estimated $2 billion in purported scams, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is stepping up to participate this year in an event that aims to erect a protective wall. After skipping ...
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01/21/2012 - New faces on Utah’s Capitol Hill
New faces on Utah’s Capitol Hill The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 21, 2012 08:10PM MDT House District 74 (Washington County) V. Lowry Snow Occupation • Attorney Education • B.S., Brigham Young University; J.D., Gonzaga University Bio • Snow is the founding partner of the St. George law firm of Snow Jensen & Reece, where he practices real estate law, land-use planning and telecommunications ...
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01/19/2012 - Utah's December unemployment drops to 6 percent
(01-19) 10:31 PST SALT LAKE CITY, (AP) -- Utah officials say the state's December unemployment rate has dropped to 6 percent, and the number of jobs in Utah has increased 3 percent compared to last year. Statistics...
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01/16/2012 - Trump: Huntsman 'very nasty' to Mitt
The real-estate mogul says the former Utah governor had “absolutely no choice” but to drop out.
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01/11/2012 - Utah A.G. candidates quietly raising big bucks
Utah A.G. candidates quietly raising big bucks By Robert GEhrke The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 11, 2012 05:11PM MDT It hasn’t got the attention of other, higher profile races, but the contest for Utah attorney general has the makings for a big-time cage match, with the campaigns of the top two contenders combining to raise nearly $800,000 last year. Sean Reyes, a lawyer making his first bid ...
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01/07/2012 - Options — and expenses — add up for couples at Utah bridal showcase
Options — and expenses — add up for couples at Utah bridal showcase By Peggy Fletcher Stack The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 7, 2012 05:35PM MDT If less is better for weddings in 2012, as some Utah stylists have suggested, you couldn’t find evidence of that trend at Saturday’s Bridal Showcase in the Salt Palace Convention Center. The packed ballroom offered square wedding cakes made to look ...
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01/06/2012 - St. George lawyer to replace ex-Utah House speaker in Legislature
A St. George lawyer will replace former Utah House Speaker Dave Clark, R-Santa Clara, in the Utah Legislature.
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01/06/2012 - Utah Man Going To Prison For Ponzi Scheme
A Utah man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Friday for his role in a real estate loan fraud scheme.
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01/05/2012 - GOP picks V. Lowry Snow to replace Clark in Utah House
GOP picks V. Lowry Snow to replace Clark in Utah House By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 5, 2012 10:07PM MDT Southern Utah Republicans picked prominent attorney V. Lowry Snow to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Dave Clark, who resigned last month to run for Congress. Snow is a former president of the Utah Bar Association and is a founding partner of the St. George firm of Snow ...
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01/04/2012 - Utah kicks off 2012 radon awareness campaign
Utah kicks off 2012 radon awareness campaign By JUDY FAHYS The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 4, 2012 01:22PM MDT Utah has traditionally celebrated Radon Action Month throughout January as part of a national campaign led by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This year, Gov. Gary Herbert shrunk the awareness campaign in Utah to just a week: this week. But events aimed at keeping radon on ...
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01/03/2012 - 2011 a tough year for Utah-based stocks
2011 a tough year for Utah-based stocks By Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 3, 2012 09:49PM MDT The stock market in 2011 wasn’t kind to the share prices of most of Utah’s well-known publicly held companies. The Salt Lake Tribune/Bloomberg Index, which tracks the share-price performance of the state’s largest public companies, declined 11.2 percent in 2011, with only seven of ...
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01/03/2012 - Accused Utah Ponzi operator seeks court protection
Accused Utah Ponzi operator seeks court protection By Tom Harvey The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 3, 2012 09:49PM MDT A Fountain Green man is seeking court protection after the FBI and Internal Revenue Service launched a criminal investigation into what regulators say is a fraudulent real estate investment business that rivals the biggest financial fraud in Utah history. Allen R. Jacobson ...
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01/03/2012 - Ensign acquires real estate assets of Orem Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
The Ensign Group, Inc., announced today that it has acquired the underlying real estate and other operating assets of Orem Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, a 108-bed skilled nursing facility in Orem, Utah.
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12/30/2011 - The winners and the losers
As 2011 comes to an end, Utahns have reason to believe better times lie just ahead. For one thing, the commercial real estate...
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12/25/2011 - Paul Rolly: Fate rings twice for Utah judge
Paul Rolly: Fate rings twice for Utah judge By paul rolly Tribune Columnist Published Dec 25, 2011 11:54AM MDT Andy Valdez is a juvenile court judge in Utah’s 3rd Judicial District who has written a book about growing up poor on Salt Lake City’s west side, headed for a life of gangs and crime, until a local businessman took an interest in him and changed his course. The book is titled No One ...
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12/23/2011 - Paul Rolly: For juvenile judge, fate rings twice
Paul Rolly: For juvenile judge, fate rings twice By paul rolly Tribune Columnist Published Dec 23, 2011 02:27PM MDT Andy Valdez is a juvenile court judge in Utah’s Third Judicial District who has written a book about growing up poor on Salt Lake City’s west side and headed for a life of gangs and crime until a local businessman took an interest in him and changed his course. The book is titled ...
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12/21/2011 - Tabby Mountain Ranch, along with an elk herd, still for sale
On sale now outside this eastern Utah town: a 13-bedroom lodge with fabulous views and 50 bull elk.
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12/20/2011 - Utah loan business a front for fraud, state says
Utah loan business a front for fraud, state says By Tom Harvey The Salt Lake Tribune Published Dec 20, 2011 10:40PM MDT A man who owned a loan-modification business in Lehi and St. George has been accused of defrauding homeowners by allegedly taking money they paid for his services and using it for personal expenses, including for his wife’s plastic surgery. David Shawn Moffitt, 34, of Lehi ...
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12/20/2011 - Utah man allegedly defrauds hundreds
ST. GEORGE - St. George resident Lisa Larson never imagined the $3,000 she paid Utah-based Fortified Financial early last year might, as state officials now allege, go toward things like the owner's plastic surgery bills instead of modifying her home loan.
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12/19/2011 - Retired general poised to take on Herbert in gubernatorial race
Retired general poised to take on Herbert in gubernatorial race By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Published Dec 19, 2011 11:15PM MDT Peter Cooke is a retired two-star general, a businessman, a real estate developer and a Democrat. Now he appears almost a lock to take a shot at becoming Utah’s next governor. “I would say it’s very, very, very probable,” Cooke said Monday, although he won’t ...
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12/15/2011 - US Ponzi scheme targeted Mormons: SEC
US financial regulators on Friday charged a father and son in Utah state with operating a $220 million property investment Ponzi scheme which targeted fellow members of the Mormon church.
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12/15/2011 - SEC Halts Father-Son Ponzi Scheme in Utah Involving Purported Real Estate Investments
Washington, D.C., - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a father and son in Utah wi...
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12/09/2011 - Realtor: Now is the time to buy, sell homes in Utah
OGDEN -- The volume of Utah homes for sale is up and interest rates are down, so if you're looking to buy or sell a home, now is the perfect time. Compared to last year, real estate volume is up 30 percent and interest rates haven't been this low for years, said Bob Hill, president of Northern Wasatch Association of Realtors. That's the good news. read more
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12/08/2011 - Blog Jazz
Two real estate companies have filed a lawsuit against former Utah Transit Authority board member Terry Diehl, alleging he took more than $2 million from them and put the money in a retirement fund in California.
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12/08/2011 - Former UTA board member faces fraud, embezzlement claims
Former UTA board member faces fraud, embezzlement claims By Roxana Orellana The Salt Lake Tribune Published Dec 9, 2011 06:33AM MDT Two real estate companies have filed a lawsuit against former Utah Transit Authority board member Terry Diehl, alleging he took more than $2 million from them and put the money in a retirement fund in California. South Mountain L.C. and GEM/Group Estates Management ...
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12/06/2011 - Blog BYU Sports
Three Occupy Wall Street activists who launched a hunger strike in New York over the weekend made their way from Utah to join the epicenter of the worldwide protest movement.
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12/03/2011 - BYU - Basketball
(St. George's housing market is starting to recover from the recession. Jim Urquhart/The Salt Lake Tribune) file photo Cedar City • New statewide figures from the Utah Association of Realtors show the St. George real estate market, hardest hit by the housing recession in Utah, may be starting to recover.
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12/04/2011 - St. George housing market showing signs of recovery
St. George housing market showing signs of recovery By Mark Havnes The Salt Lake Tribune Published Dec 4, 2011 01:01AM MDT Cedar City • New statewide figures from the Utah Association of Realtors show the St. George real estate market, hardest hit by the housing recession in Utah, may be starting to recover. The numbers show an uptick in home sales and signed contracts in September, the most ...
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12/02/2011 - There's a real 'Up' house
HERRIMAN, Utah -- A home built in Utah to look just like the one in the movie "Up" will finally be a home. The house has been sold, but visitors will still have a chance to see the Disney/Pixar tribute done up in its holiday finest through December.
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12/02/2011 - Jon Huntsman will skip presidential debate moderated by Donald Trump
The conservative news magazine Newsmax announced Friday that it would co-sponsor a Republican presidential debate moderated by media personality and real estate tycoon Donald Trump on Dec. 27th in Des Moines, Ia., but they may have trouble convincing candidates to show up. Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman is the first to send his regrets. "We [...]
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12/01/2011 - Report: U.S., Europe gridlock a threat to Utah economy
Report: U.S., Europe gridlock a threat to Utah economy By dawn house The Salt Lake Tribune Published Dec 1, 2011 07:45PM MDT Utah has the underpinnings of a solid economic recovery, but it could easily be derailed because of political uncertainties at home and abroad, according to a forecast released Thursday. Utah continues to outperform many states in job growth and industrial construction ...
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11/29/2011 - Utah again named the best state for business
Utah repeats this year as Forbes Best State for Business and Careers in our sixth annual look at the business climates of the 50 states.
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11/27/2011 - Utah has among highest home ownership rates in US
Utah has one of the highest home ownership rates in the country, but more Utah residents carry mortgages on their homes than the national average, according to a study by the National Association of R
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11/27/2011 - Utah home ownership rates among highest
SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah has one of the highest homeownership rates in the country, but more Utah residents carry mortgages on their homes than the national average, according to a study by the National
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11/21/2011 - Utah Ski Industry on the Brink of Change: Windfall or Snow Job?
Thanks to recent developments, Utah's ski industry is poised on the brink of momentous change. Select politicians and members of the tourism industry have been working behind the scenes on creating a revolutionary, gondola-based transportation system designed to connect the...
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11/19/2011 - NAI branch celebrates 10 years
ST. GEORGE - The NAI Utah Southern Region branch gathered with clients and community members Friday to celebrate its 10th anniversary and the fact that the commercial real estate market appears to be on an upward trajectory.
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11/16/2011 - Auction boosts sales at slow-moving Utah condo project
Auction boosts sales at slow-moving Utah condo project By Lesley Mitchell The Salt Lake Tribune Published Nov 16, 2011 07:30PM MDT With the help of an auction earlier this month, Salt Lake City real estate developer Ken Millo said he has sold nearly all the condos in his long-stalled 35-unit Broadway Park Lofts development in downtown Salt Lake City. “We’re down to just two that aren’t sold ...
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11/10/2011 - Hotels, online bookers wrestling over tax loophole
Hotels, online bookers wrestling over tax loophole By Lee Davidson The Salt Lake Tribune Published Nov 10, 2011 07:00AM MDT Utah hotels are fighting online booking companies such as Orbitz, Expedia, Travelocity and Priceline about whether those companies are unfairly escaping some Utah taxes. Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, Senate chairman of the Revenue and Taxation Interim Committee, says his ...
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11/01/2011 - Does the VISIT-USA Act Make Sense?
Senators Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Mike Lee, R-Utah, have presented a bipartisan plan entitled the "Visa Improvements to Stimulate International Tourism to the United States of America Act." It rewards wealthy foreign real estate buyers with a temporary residency card. Is this proposal really a good idea?
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