Down Payment Assistance for First Time Home Buyers in Davis County.

Northern Wasatch Association of RealtorsAdvice, Update

The Davis Community Housing Authority now has a down payment assistance for first time home buyers purchasing homes in Davis County.  Grants are up to $10,000 for qualified first time home buyers, the purchase price cannot exceed $325,000 and are not available in Clearfield, Fruit Heights, Layton and South Weber. For additional information or to apply for a grant, please contact Mary Swanstrom at 801-939-9198 or [email protected]. Or visit: http://www.daviscommunityhousing.com/other-programs

Invest in homeownership before increases in rates and prices

Northern Wasatch Association of RealtorsAdvice

Patience may be a virtue but in the case of the housing market, it may not pay to wait. That’s because would-be homebuyers will likely face rising home prices and interest rates in 2019. In a recent presentation to Northern Wasatch Realtors, Jim Wood, an economist with the University of Utah Kem Gardner Policy Institute, told Realtors he expects area home prices to go up in 2019. “In Weber County and in Box Elder County, we’re going to see prices continue to increase at double-digit or almost double-digit levels,” Wood said. “That’s where they’ve been the last few years.” Specifically, Wood expects home prices to increase 9 percent in Davis County to a median value of $345,000. In Weber County, …