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 The residential real estate market in southwest Utah still favors buyers, as both average prices and number of units sold continued their tumble in the first quarter of 2008, according to a report release last week by the Utah Association of Realtors.
In Washington County, 334 homes were sold in the first quarter – that’s down a third from the 493 sales recorded in the first quarter of 2007. The average selling prices of those homes was $314,500, a slight drop of 1.5 percent against the $319,000 average price of a year earlier.
Iron County saw 137 homes sell in the quarter, down 10.5 percent from the 153 that sold in Q1 of 2007. Average price was $219,...
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 With a postal rate increase just a week away, Americans are buying millions of Forever stamps a day.
The cost of sending a first-class letter will rise a penny to 42 cents on May 12, but the Forever stamps - selling for 41 cents until that date - will remain valid for full postage after the increase.
Forever stamps were introduced last year and since then more than 6 billion have been sold, with interest growing as the rate increase nears. Unlike the Forever stamps, other 41-cent stamps will require additional postage when the new rates take effect.
Also, for the first time the Postal Service has stamps available at the new rate before the change takes effect...
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 ST. GEORGE – Next Entertainment, together with its affiliated companies, Lone Wolf Productions Group and Imagic Technologies, today announced the site acquisition for the Sky Of Dreams Ranch.
The movie ranch will be located on a picturesque 2700 acres in Apple Valley just twenty minutes from the new regional airport in St. George that will offer forty-five minute direct flights from Los Angeles.
The master planned developing arts, entertainment, and resort community overlooks the majestic Zion National Park and the historic filming location of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
The site lies within the Grand Circle, America&rsqu...
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The number of companies in Utah offering health insurance to their employees dropped 8.8 percent from 2001 to 2005, the Deseret News reports.
That rate of decline is 11 times the national decrease of 0.8 percent, according to a recent report.
The report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation noted the ongoing increases in the costs for companies to provide health insurance to employees and their families.
In 2001, the average Utah family premium at private-sector establishments with health insurance was $8,460. By 2005, it had increased 21.5 percent, to $10,282.
Nationally, the increase was steeper, at 29.6 percent. The national average family premi...
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