http://www.directoryofsaltlakecity.com/blog Your Online Information Resource For The Salt Lake City Community Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:13:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The University of Utah is now ranked first in the country along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in creating new startup companies from research-based inventions.  This puts the University of Utah in front of prestigious institutions such as Columbia, Michigan and Johns Hopkins. The accomplishment is based on ... http://www.directoryofsaltlakecity.com/blog/university-of-utah-ranks-first-in-the-country-for-creation-of-new-startup-companies/ Over the past several years Utah has regularly been recognized as one of the  “best place for business”, “best managed”, "fittest", "healthiest", "most volunteers", "most livable" or “happiest” "state in the nation. Now Forbes magazine has published a ranking that may shed a new light on one of the key reasons Utah enjoys these ... http://www.directoryofsaltlakecity.com/blog/forbes-magazine-ranks-utah-1-in-the-nation-for-debt-management/ Sales of existing single-family homes in Salt Lake County surged in last year’s fourth quarter, ending a three year decline in falling home sales, according to the Salt Lake Board of REALTORS’ Housing Market Report. Overall, more than 2,400 single-family homes were sold in the fourth quarter, a 36 percent increase ... http://www.directoryofsaltlakecity.com/blog/utah-home-sales-surge-in-last-year%e2%80%99s-fourth-quarter/ Utah’s Economic Indicators As reported by Commerce Real Estate Solutions: In November the Revenue Assumption Committee released projections of Utah’s major economic indicators. These projections show that by 2011 the number of jobs in the Utah economy will increase by about 20,000. Welcome news after two years of serious decline. If the ... http://www.directoryofsaltlakecity.com/blog/utahs-economic-indicators-project-improvement-thr-2010/ The Salt Lake Board of REALTORS reported that sales of existing homes and condominiums climbed 24 percent in October. There were 1,061 homes/condos sold in October compared to 855 sales in October 2008.  The 24 percent increase in home sales in October represented the biggest year-over-year percent increase for an October ... http://www.directoryofsaltlakecity.com/blog/slc-october-home-sales-climb-24-percent/