Archive for February, 2012
A Look Back at Layton, Utah
Thanks to the Laytoncity.org website, the Layton moving specialists are able to share with you a little piece of Layton history. The city of Layton started in 1850 as an agricultural extension to the settlement that became Kaysville. The first settlers established farms along Kays Creek. Eventually people started living along Holmes Creek, Haight’s Creek and of course, Kays Creek. The Layton movers learnt that the majority of residents were from England or New Englanders of English descent.
Later, after the wagon road was built between Salt Lake City and Ogden, trade establishments were founded on what is today’s Layton’s Main St. In late 1860, the Utah Central Railway was built and local businesses opened including blacksmiths, shoemakers, tanners, weavers and more. The Layton local movers learnt that the earliest mercantile businesses included Burton, Herrick and White Company, Barton and Company and Adams and Son’s Company. Eventually, the Layton post office opened and an elementary school. In 1920, Layton incorporated as a town. In 1963, the Fort Lane Shopping Center opened and in 1980 Layton Hills Mall followed.
Positives for Salt Lake City Real Estate
Even in this tough economy, Salt Lake City is still doing a little bit better than many other places around the country. The local Salt Lake City movers learnt that Forbes Magazine recently ranked Utah as the best state for business and careers for the second year. So it’s in better economic shape than other areas. Here are a few highlights: It is the only state that ranks among the top 15 states in each of the six main categories. Utah has energy costs that are 31% below the national average and employment growth averaged at 0.6% the past five years. This compared to the rest of the U.S. that has seen a negative growth of that same percentage. Businesses such as Procter and Gamble, Home Depot, ITT and Boeing have all announced expansions in Utah. The Goldman Sachs office in Salt Lake City is the second largest in the U.S. with more than 1,000 employees. Even technology companies such as ebay and Adobe Systems are expanding in the area, with overall costs being 10% less than the national average.
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Wilbur and Theresa Faiss, The Longest Married Couple in the United States
Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate the love you share with another. For some of us, love may change for the worse. After all, experience has taught us that it is so very easy to fall out of love. Wilbur and Theresa Faiss are the exception or the “living legend” as some people may call them, that both marriage and love can work and when it does… it’s beautiful. It’s a love story that has spanned nearly eight decades. Wilbur 100, Theresa, 96, were married 79 years ago; making them the longest married couple in the United States. On This Valentine’s Day, they will celebrate their love in a different fashion, as they will be honored at a local middle school which will take their last name, “Faiss”. Needless to say, your Salt Lake City Moving Professionals are moved by this love story and wish the Faiss’s all the best.
“Keep your marriage strong, be the first one to apologize and say I love you every day.”—Wilbur Faiss

Renting in America
According to MSN, more than a third of Americans lease their homes from either a private landlord or an apartment company. Average rent these days is about $1000 equaling to a $460 billion a year business. There are laws that protect tenants, however they are not easy to understand and tenants don’t always know about their rights or jurisdiction in general. And these days, the laws are even trickier due to new regulations regarding foreclosures and this new real estate economy. One thing you can do is make sure to first communicate with your landlord. He or she needs to understand your specific issues so you can both come to an agreement or compromise. If you don’t get a response then put it in writing. Address a letter to your landlord and include that you expect to hear from them in specific timeframe. Another way to maybe find answers is to review your lease agreement, it’s possible that all the information you’ll need will be in that contract.
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Mortgage Rate Drops Again
The Park City local movers just learnt that the average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage fell just recently to a record low. It just dropped to 3.87 percent and the average on the 15-year fixed fell to 3.14. Even though these low rates have been around that 4 percent for months, people are still saying they can’t afford to buy a home or even qualify for a loan. The high unemployment rate, low salaries and other struggles are making homeownership a just a dream for many. The Park City movers learnt that the new homes sales in 2011 were the worst on records compared to the last half of a century. The Mortgage Bankers Association says mortgage applications have increased a tad, but the tide is slowly changing.
If you were able to score a mortgage application and have found your dream home, hire the local Park City for professional moving services at an affordable price. All My Sons of Park City are backed by four generations of expert moving specialists part of the All My Sons Moving and Storage. The Park City movers will quit pad wrap your furniture and safely secure your household items onto our moving truck and even help you assemble your furniture.