What $1Million Will Buy You in Salt Lake

The real estate market in Salt Lake is charging along strongly with homes selling quickly and with good appreciation. Big, beautiful mountains and lakes, a strong job market, and a healthy young workforce are all contributing to the influx of corporations (and their employees) moving into the area. But even with the market as strong as it is, the area is still very affordable compared to much of the nation.

So what can you get in Salt Lake for $1Million? Here are some properties that have come on the market in the last month…

This home in Draper has 4894 Square Feet with 3 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms and 2 half baths. It has .47 acre of landscaped yard, 20′ ceilings, a gourmet kitchen, a theatre room, and hickory floors. It’s listed with Kassia Katyryniuk of Coldwell Banker.

   

 This home is in Suncrest (Draper) on top of the mountain and has 6921 Square Feet with 5 bedrooms and 4.5 baths. It has a large .60 acre landscaped yard with incredible views. It’s listed with Lindsey Kraatz of Cindy Wood Realtors.

   

And this home is in Salt Lake in the Olympus Cove area. It has 5466 Square Feet with 5 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. It includes a .31 landscaped acre yard and a 3 car garage. It was built in 1992 and is listed with Mike Lindsay of Coldwell Banker.

    

Utah’s Top Golf Courses

How do you choose the best golf courses in an entire state? Some like a course that you can walk, others don’t like to wait behind people taking twenty minutes per hole. Some like a course with difficult 5-par holes and sand and water hazards scattered throughout while others like a more pleasantly simple course. Some place scenery as the most important factor and some might say the lay and grass quality would be more important.

Some resources;

GlenWild tops the list of Utah’s top golf courses according to Golf Digest.

Best Courses ranks Coral Canyon tops.

Golf Link and Golf Week rate Thanksgiving Point as the top course.

Utah.com even ranks the top 18 Holes in the state.

CitySearch ranks the Homestead as the top course in the state with a 9.8 out of 10 rating from 5 users.

WorldGolf  and Golf4Utah don’t rank them, but list a bunch with comments.

And the Deseret News ranks the top 10 Utah Tourneys

Utah’s top 10 amateur golf tourneys

      1. Salt Lake City Amateur — Bonneville Golf Course
      2. Art City Amateur — Hobble Creek Golf Course
      3.Salt Lake City Open — Wingpointe Golf Course/Bonneville Golf Course
      4. Dixie Red Hills Amateur — Dixie Red Hills Golf Course
      5. Provo Open — Reserve at East Bay
      6. Cache Valley Open — Birch Creek Golf Course/Logan River
      7. Rose Park Open — Rose Park Golf Course
      8. Coral Canyon Open — Coral Canyon Golf Course
      9. Spanish Oaks Open — Spanish Oaks Golf Course
      10. Black Diamond Open — Carbon Country Club
      *List does not include UGA sponsored events

So which is the best of all these great courses? Depends on your definition. My favorite course is Old Mill (see photo tour here), especially if I only have an hour to hit the driving range with it’s view of the valley.

Cities Most at Risk From Mother Nature

Is your city safe? According to SustainLane, a website that ranks the top 50 American cities based on their natural disaster risks, Miami is the place most likely to feel the wrath of Mother Nature. They, with help from Risk Management Solutions (RMS) look at a city’s risk from hurricanes, major flooding, catastrophic hail, tornado super-outbreaks, and earthquakes.

According to the site:

Cities at Greatest Risk

Based on these criteria, the cities with the greatest natural disaster risk are Miami (#50), which is sited on a peninsula between two prolific hurricane zones; New Orleans (#49); Oakland (#48), which straddles the Hayward Earthquake Fault; San Francisco (#47), on the San Andreas Fault and at risk for tsunamis; Honolulu (#46), subject to hurricanes, storm surge flooding, and tsunamis; and San Jose (#45), which is also near the San Andreas Fault.

To see the entire list click here.