Here is an article about how a community in Utah has sold a lot of real estate in 09. Just more proof that Utah real estate is amongst the top in the nation, and sitting nicely to atop the economic recovery.
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Kennecott’s Daybreak community ranked sixth for 2009 home sales among leading U.S. planned communities, according to a Washington, D.C.-based real-estate firm.
Kennecott Land, the real-estate sister company of Kennecott Utah Copper Corp., says builders sold 375 homes at Daybreak in South Jordan.
| Top-Selling U.S. Master-Planned Communities for 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cinco Ranch | Houston |
| 2 | The Woodlands | Houston |
| 3 | Mountain’s Edge | Las Vegas |
| 4 | Telfair | Houston |
| 5 | Providence | Las Vegas |
| 6 | Daybreak | Salt Lake City |
Source: RCLCO
Daybreak offers houses with traditional porches, garages on back alleys, pocket parks, lots of trails and wide-open surrounding spaces. The houses start around $200,000; studio condos at $130,000.
Daybreak now has 2,300 houses and townhouses. The community, launched in 2004, will get light-rail service in about a year.
Real-estate advisers Robert Charles Lesser & Co. says Houston and Las Vegas led sales in 2009 for planned communities.
(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
