By Business Wire

WEST VALLEY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infinity Valuation Services, a full-service valuation company for distressed properties, announced that it now provides a fully-automated property inspection form to support its services.

Zions Bank's 1031 Exchange Services has reached $100 million in cumulative deposits since its launch just two years ago. The milestone is significant in light of an economic headwind and lack of confidence among real estate buyers and sellers.

By Business Wire

SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Economists and researchers at the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah’s Eccles School of Business report that the number of permits issued for new single-family homes in Utah turned positive in July 2009—following 39 consecutive months of decline—and has recorded steady increases for the past 10 months. These findings indicate that Utah’s home-building industry is in the early stages of recovering from the worst contraction in more than 70 years.

By PR Newswire

NEW YORK, June 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Coming on the heels of its ranking of the major markets that offer the best quality of life in America as part of its provocative new U.S. Uncovered series, Portfolio.com today revealed a companion study on the best mid-sized markets.

By PR Newswire

SALT LAKE CITY, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Commercial Asset Preservation, LLC. (CAP), a national provider of general maintenance, preservation and inspection services for abandoned and nearly vacant commercial and industrial real estate began operations in February 2010.

Spring Bengtzen, broker and co-founder of Spring Creek Realty Group, has been nationally recognized by REALTOR Magazine for a “30 Under 30” award in the publication’s June 2010 issue.

For many Utahns, realizing the dream of buying a home can seem years away, but at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, keys to new homes in the Legacy Park sub-division of Ogden will be presented to three special families thanks to the Have a Heart project.

Spring Creek Realty Group, an independent, full-time real estate office is now open in the Wolf Creek Utah Golf Course Club House, 3900 North Wolf Creek Drive in Eden. The new firm affiliates with Keller Williams, one of the fastest growing realty firms in the nation.