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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Southern Utah AdventuresSo, I joined Sultry Husband here in this little forgotten town on Sunday. At least, I thought that no one knew where this place was, I expected to be able to find a home for us in the first day or two here. Not so. There has been a housing boom in the area, and lots for sale have more than tripled in value over the past year. Therefore, people who bought a lot for $35,000 a year ago are now selling them for over $90,000 now. It makes me sick! How are middle class folks supposed to find a place to live? Property values are disgustingly high.
I looked at a nice home yesterday, it needs a lot of work to bring it out of the 50's, but overall it was a nice house. Good sized yard, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. All in all, the perfect house for us. The only drawback is that the people are asking $289,000 for the thing! There is no way that we could ever afford this place!
I did find a lot in a neighboring town that we could afford, however we would have to just stick a manufactured home on it. Now I have nothing against Manufactured homes, but I always pictured myself in a permanent house. Nothing fancy, just a nice place for me and my family to call home. I am afraid of the resale values of Manufactured homes, I would like this house to be an investment after all. Le sigh, I think that I just need to change my thinking on this a little bit. After all, a manufactured home may be all we can afford down here.
Aside from the housing crisis, I have come to love this little town. There is no snow, the cliffs are a beautiful vibrant red, the sunrise is one of the most stunning that I have seen, and most of all I love that Sultry Husband is enjoying his job. He will find out on Friday morning if he has an actual offer, but everything looks promising so far.
I must get back to my job of house hunting. I am visiting with my realtor again in about 20 minutes so I really need to dash. I just wanted to give you all an update from us. Signing off here in the Red Cliffs of Southern Utah. Small town with an out of control housing market.
