ERA Brokers Consolidated Blog

*Consider shade cover for air-conditioning units but do not block the airflow.  A unit operating in the shade uses as much as 10% less electricity than the same one operating in the sun. GREEN BUILD – KEY TOPICS WITH HOME BUILDERS It was my pleasure this week to address members of SUHBA, ...

H. Thayne Houston, local ERA real estate broker, was recently recognized as one of the Top One Hundred ERA® brokers by global real estate company, ERA Franchise Systems LLC.  As a top broker, Houston was invited to attend the annual ERA President’s Circle Business Conference held July 26-28 in Florham ...

(St. George, UT – 6/23/09) – 15 Sales Associates from local real estate company, ERA Brokers Consolidated, recently completed the newly rivesed ERA AccelERAtion training course offered by global residential real estate leader ERA Franchise Systems. Graduates included: Tamara Foster, Bonnie Rutledge, Don Leavitt, Amy Osness, Kurt Wilson, Kim ...

St. George, UT 4/15/09 - Local real estate leader ERA Brokers Consolidated has earned the “ERA Technology Heritage Award” from ERA Franchise Systems LLC for its outstanding utilization of technology in its efforts to provide quality real estate services. The award was announced at the 2009 ERA® International Business ...

We have been on a steady climb from the low levels at the close of 2008. Pending sales in the St. George office are up 245% with 25 new contracts in the 1st week of April. Contracts are also up in the Hurricane office is up by 136% ...

ERA Brokers Agents L-R: Lisa Cleveland, Sariah Mortensen, April Gates, Liisa Frei, and Tamara Foster. St. George, UT 3/27/09 -- Real Estate Agents with ERA Brokers Consolidated recently attended the 2009 ERA® International Business Conference held March 5-9 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. They joined ERA® ...

It was great to hear some positive news today in the financial markets.  The DOW closed up nearly 500 points.  Credit for the increase was given to the National Association of Realtors recent report that home sales were up 5% in February and the efforts toward relieving banks of ‘toxic ...

Forbes Claims Utah is the Happiest Place Forbes Article A recent article in Forbes Magazine has ranked Utah as the “happiest” state in the nation. According to the article the people of Utah are happy because of work environment, emotional health, and their local communities. It also referenced the low unemployment rate as compared ...

Housing Relief Restricted Special Revenue Fund House bill SB 260 allows the Governor to use $10 million of the federal stimulus for down payment assistance. It provides up to $6,000 down payment assistance for new construction homes and is not limited to first time home buyers. There are income limits, $75,000 for single and $150,000 for married ...

Accepted offers have increased over January by nearly 20%. The activity in our local St. George real estate market has continued to increase. With the current stimulus package of $8000 tax credit, lowering home prices, excellent interest rates, and an increase in inventory there have been more people looking very seriously in ...