March 15, 2025

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Mortgage

With lower mortgage rates, is now the time to refinance your home?

SALT LAKE CITY — Falling mortgage rates have led to a surge of interest in refinancing. Refinance applications are at their “highest level in two years,” the Mortgage Bankers Association said this week, as rates have dropped to their lowest levels in more than a year. According to Mortgage News Daily, the national average for mortgage

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Funds

Viral Utah kitten memorialized with plushie which will raise funds for local shelter

SALT LAKE CITY — He may have been small, but his story took the internet by a large storm. The tiny orange kitten became a household name for many Utahns, even a year later. The kitten, Tater Tot, was rescued. His foster mom, Ash Houghton said he had four deformed legs and a cleft palate.

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Funds

Local rap battle helps raise funds for victim of drive-by shooting

SALT LAKE CITY — The family of a teenager shot in a drive-by shooting in Murray last month is grateful for the support of a niche community. “Mic Masters Alliance is a rap battle league, but it’s also like a family to me,” said Nathan Barth. He’s been a DJ for Mic Masters Alliance, who organized

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Investment

Full-day kindergarten shows early return on investment

LAYTON — Utahns invested $60 million to expand full-day kindergarten this year, and you can already hear the investment paying off, in the voice of a 6-year-old. “Ted is a cub. Ted ran and ran,” the kindergartner read out loud. More kindergartners are now reading full sentences and books, not sounding out letters. Usually, only

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Mortgage

Utah’s median home price rises to $500k despite mortgage rates

Utah’s home prices are going up – again. After falling slightly due to spiking mortgage rates, the median housing price in the Beehive state reached $500,000 in April, according to the latest data from the Utah Association of Realtors. Prices are rising even though mortgage rates remain stubbornly high. April 2024 local market update. (Utah

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