Some observations from living here in St. George/Washington City for 4 weeks now.
The people here are friendly, overwhelmingly white (a mixed blessing), young (Utah has the youngest state population), and athletic. Hiking, bicycling clubs abound, gyms aplenty, and everything is cheap, from gasoline to restaurants, to taxes. Ethnic restaurants aplenty, and I count 8 Thai restaurants for SDR to try. No ocean views, but snow-capped mountains visible from everywhere in town. Last of the snow just disappeared however.
Our Brio development of 800 or so homes is about half built out. Since prices are going up so fast, the developer is no longer setting a fixed price and then committing. Instead, you get to bid on a finished product, and then it could become a bidding war. Average time on market for homes in town is 6 days. The broker sets a price, then gives people 5 days to come in with their best offer over that–all cash or pre-qualified only need apply.
