More first-time buyers, renters squeezed out of 'exhausting' Utah housing market

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It's been quite a year for Utah's housing market as 2021 saw massive price increases, heated competition, and more first-time homebuyers getting squeezed out.

The last 12 months have been a boon for those who own a house or sold one. But for others, the year was discouraging and frustrating – part of the growing pains our state is experiencing as our housing supply struggles to keep up with demand.

KUTV 2News has reported extensively on the housing market this year – the good, bad, and ugly. We’ve met people like the family of eight living in a two-bedroom duplex, desperately looking for a house but struggling to compete against cash offers. We’ve met others who agreed to buy a home, only to have the builder jack up the prices at the last minute and threaten to cancel their contracts if they didn’t pay.

Looking back at 2021, Dejan Eskic, senior research fellow at the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, sums up the housing market in one word.

“Historic,” he said, “in both price acceleration and activity.”

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Watching this now… made two offers this past week and was offering $30k over asking. Still lost… this is still ridiculous

JRamen
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Very sad because Utah use to be affordable. Growing too fast, turning into a big city state.

learnteachlearn
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I had to move out you can't buy a house there with 15.00 hr pay scale for blue collar worker

willma
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Just don't go over that 30% threshold.

dayolddoughnuts
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Yep, and if things don’t change we will likely move out of Utah. no thanks!!!

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