Land banking strategy, water rights, community spotlights, market data, and practical guides for Summit and Wasatch County land buyers.
You cannot assume you can drill a well. You cannot assume the parcel has a water right. Here's what to check before you make an offer on raw land in Summit or Wasatch County.
Jordanelle views, Deer Valley East proximity, incorporated town status, and lots still available below Park City prices. What's driving Hideout's 9.4% YoY appreciation.
Summit County median up 4.2%. Wasatch County up 7.8%. Coalville leading at 12.1%. A plain-language breakdown of where prices are moving and why.
Both are private, gated, golf-centered lot communities. The differences — HOA structure, amenity depth, tax rates, price points, and lot availability — matter more than most buyers realize.
Lower tax rates, faster population growth, more land per dollar, and Park City proximity without Park City prices. The numbers make a case most buyers haven't run.
Coalville vs Heber Valley. Same general idea, different risk profiles. Here's how they actually compare and which buyer should own which.
The well logs are public. Before you buy raw land anywhere on the Wasatch Back, here's what the data shows for each community.
11.2% YoY appreciation, 14 active parcels, no HOA, and prices that look like a misprint compared to anywhere else within 45 minutes of Park City.
Both are east of Park City, both are Summit County, both have affordable land. They are not the same investment and the difference matters.
Price tells you where the market has been. DOM tells you where it's going. Here's how to read compression and extension as signals before price catches up.
Everyone knows Wasatch County has lower taxes. Almost nobody has run the actual number on their specific purchase. On a $2M club community lot, it exceeds $40K over 10 years.
Six things you need to know — zoning, hillside overlay, water rights, easements, flood maps, and HOA obligations. All public, all findable in under two hours.
Utah lets you sell your own land without an agent. Here's what you can legally handle, what requires a professional, and where FSBO transactions go wrong.
Utah's ag exemption can cut your annual property tax bill by 60–90% on qualifying parcels. Here's how to get it, keep it, and avoid the rollback tax trap.
Defer federal capital gains when you sell land by reinvesting into a like-kind property. The complete guide to timelines, rules, and qualified intermediaries.
A well-structured conservation easement can generate millions in federal income tax deductions — but IRS scrutiny is real. Here's what to know before you proceed.
Reinvest capital gains from a land sale into a Qualified Opportunity Fund and defer — then potentially eliminate — a significant portion of your tax bill.
When you inherit land, your basis resets to current market value — eliminating decades of embedded capital gains. Here's how it works and how to plan around it.
Every post is specific to the Wasatch Back — Summit County, Wasatch County, and the communities, corridors, and quirks that national portals don't cover.
If you've got a question we haven't answered, let us know. We write about what buyers are actually asking.
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