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Sugar House, Mill Creek, or the Avenues are great neighborhoods. Home prices in those areas will be steep. There are other nice neighborhoods but further from downtown. May be Murray City or Midvale but those are more for families.
I wouldn’t count on a long term investment strategy beyond 5-10 years for real estate.
Search this on Google “salt lake city air pollution” and do some research before you move here. Utah is also severely over using its water resources with some developments being stopped in their tracks by local governments and water having to be trucked into other areas.
If you have to commute to work, let that determine where you buy. 5-10 miles out is best in my opinion. East bench or within a mile or two of I-15 & I-215 from the west side.
You’re not wrong. The water situation is really concerning. I wish our politicians would take it more seriously rather than asking us to pray for rain 🙄
Murray, Holladay, Millcreek, Sugarhouse, East Salt Lake, or the avenues are places where lots of similarly situated people live. We live in Murray and really like it.
Hi neighbor! Also in Murray. It’s very underrated but I’m happy with my situation and that’s fine by me
Where is your work? Property near the mountain gets expensive but still cheaper than high cost of living cities, and if you ski proximity to resorts can be great. Lux apartment scene is ok downtown but not so much in other parts of the city. Feel free to DM if you have neighborhood questions.
I highly suggest moving here and getting a feel for the areas before you buy. Utah definitely has it's quirks and each area has a different feel. I've known so many younger adults to move here to X neighborhood (sight unseen) that's only 20 min from downtown and then find themselves shocked to be in full suburbia and the only single and non Mormon person around. People will be nice wherever you go. It's just a matter of finding yourself in an area you feel comfortable that's also near the things and places you want to access.
As someone who has lived in the Salt Lake area almost their whole life and as someone who has covered these issues for local news, I can say with certainty that the issues concerning water and air pollution are a result of the growing population along the Wasatch Front. As the population grows, water becomes more scarce, also because there hasn't been as much snowfall as in previous years. Also, the Great Salt Lake dries up further, and air pollution from cars gets worse. Right now, you can barely see the mountains there is so much particulate matter in the air. Home prices are falling, but only slightly and only in some areas like Ogden and Provo. Despite anything legislators can attempt to do, the problems will only increase in time as the population grows further.
generally if you stay East of i15 you'll be okay. There is a very very stark difference between west SLC and east SLC, gentrification at it's finest unfortunately. The west side tends to be very run down and poor and unsafe, though that's were the affordable housing is. Tons of amazing families live there, but it's over run by homeless folks. My friend lives over there and has been threatened multiple times. Of course that can happen anywhere though.. Though i htink daybreak is an exception, its very up and coming, just a drive from downtown if you wanna get out to do stuff.
Sugarhouse is the most sought after neighborhood. Its centrally located close to downtown where all the fun stuff to do is, but also close to the canyons for hiking and skiing. very expensive though.
My friends who live any south of there dread the drive up to the city for work and to see friends.
Look north and south also. Bountiful and Lehi are nice.
Property values in SLC are continuing to rise, so it is a good investment. If you aren’t having kids, I would stick to neighborhoods that are near the city (Sugarhouse, the Avenues, Capitol Hill, 9th and 9th, etc.). That’s just my opinion!
I am a transplant from California and my spouse and I live in Daybreak, Utah. We love it here and highly recommend this neighborhood because it’s so new it’s filled with other transplants as well :)
I used to work in real estate in the Park City area and the major draw that it has over other resort towns is its proximity to, not just a public airport, but an international one at that. Where else can you be in “the best snow on earth” within 20-30 minutes of leaving the airport. It’s accessible.
If you have kids, smaller cities like Herriman or Riverton are really expanding right now, and only a 30-minute drive to downtown. If that's not an issue, then I would say Murray or South Jordan are more price friendly. If you want to make an investment and price was no object, then definitely Sugarhouse, Daybreak, or the avenues are the more expensive options. The great thing about Salt Lake that if you get by one of the main freeways, going from any of these cities is pretty easy.
Yes it is worth buying a house here. UT is poised for growth. I lived in Avenues, Sugarhouse and University as a student. I did not live on 9th & 9th. Those areas are okay for college students and renters but much not for homeowners because the houses are much older, tiny driveways, strict rules on street parking and no garages. Public schools are not great in those areas which affects property values so several of the downtown families place their kids in private schools located there (Judge, Rowland, McGillis, Challenger, etc)
Avoid buying primary residence on the west side (Glendale, West Valley, Kearns, Rose Park) until you get to 6200 S and then the neighborhoods are fine there.
Herriman is growing, full of young families. I am in Taylorsville/WJ and like where I’m located to get around quickly on I-215 but planning to relocate to Riverton or Draper for better middle schools & high schools. West side of I-15 generally about 40-50K less expensive for comparable homes on the east side. West Jordan and South Jordan are decent areas too. I’m not into Daybreak because of how congested it can get to get on freeway and tons of controversy about water being mixed with mines, and expensive HOAs. If you can find a home in South Jordan that is not tied to an HOA that is great.
Lehi isn’t too bad either, there’s new homes off Redwood Rd.
They will develop that area where the old prison was located in Draper and that area is poised for growth.