Although I have been an amateur photographer for over 15 years, i have never thought about making money from it.  Few years ago, I got into stock photography, which is the opposite end of artistic photography.  Although it was a struggle in the beginning, I was able to make it a nice hobby that pays for my new cameras and accessories, as well as enough to put aside for a nicer retirement.  It is nice to collect royalties long after the image is taken and processed.But this image (below) was one of the glorious moments of my photography in the past few years  :)I took this image with a black background and after looking at it at 100% resolution (it was taken at 6Mp at the time), I realized that my finger and my hand (which is the whole object in the picture) is blurry.  My first thought ... 09/26/2007

My wife, my brother-in-law and I have a small business providing transaction coordinating and marketing services to the agents in Utah and to be more specific in Midvale, Salt Lake City and Sugarhouse.  Eventually, the business has grown and we started to serve in Sandy, Riverton, South Salt Lake and in Orem.  Well, as the business grew, we have decided to separate the marketing, photography and other services that are supplement to the agents.  As my partners are Realtors and I am not, i decided to take over this part.  After all, I am the photographer and the graphic designer.Although my photography business is new with the new licence, I have been taking pictures of the real estate properties for the past year and a half.  I have done photography for the pst 15 years and never though... 09/25/2007

The Midvale housing market is one of the strongest in the Salt Lake Valley. Though home values dipped a little in May, they are still 16% higher than they were in January and 28% higher than May 2006. The number of homes sold also dipped slightly in May but was only 3% less than May 2006. The absorption rate for May was 5.5 months and increased by 87% from April. The increase is due to all the new listings added in April and May and should decline to around 4 months in June. The absorption rate indicates Midvale is in a very balanced market. All stats were taken from WFRMLS on 6/9/2007. 06/10/2007

Midvale Home & Condo Sales Report Midvale home sales increased 26% from March 2007 and increased 16% from April 2006. Home values increased 18% from March 2007 and were up a healthy 35% from their April 2006 levels. Days on market increased a nominal 3% from March but shortened 7% from April 2006.       2006 2007 Change % Homes Sold 2529+16% Average Sold Price $197,835 $266,421 +35% Condos Sold 26 20-23% Average Sold Price $130,287 $170,557 +31% Average Days On Market 29 27 -7% For additional information on Midvale City home and condo sales visit our post at SaltLakeSpeaks Midvale-April 2007. 05/29/2007

Midvale Utah home values rise 15%.Home sales dipped 14.81% but home values remained strong with a 15.34% increase.The following table compares home and condo sales in Midvale Utah between March 2006 and March 2007. Please be cautious in making any buy or sell decisions based on a single months analysis. Quarterly and trend analysis are much more meaningful than isolating a single month. But, it is interesting to compare our statistics to what we see in national and regional activity and trends.   March 2006March 2007Change %Homes Sold2723-14.81%Average Sold Price$195,492$225,490+15.34% Condos Sold1714-17.65%Average Sold Price$114,579$159,852+39.51%Average Days On Market2226+18.18%Midvale continues to be one of the few places in the Salt Lake valley where you can still buy a home for und... 05/06/2007