“This is the place,” said Brigham Young on July 24, 1847. And still to this day, Utah has held strong.

Utah has overall fared better than its neighbors. With a consistently low unemployment rate and a steady stream of new factories and growing industries, Utah seems poised to succeed economically, even with the downturn. One of the big factors in Utah’s continual growth includes a highly-educated workforce that is loyal to the area. The Utah real estate market has also remained steady in a highly fluctuating environment. While neighboring Nevada and California experienced unprecedented booms followed by devastating losses, Utah real estate saw steady growth. Utah represents a pocket of healthy growth in an environment where foreclosures and job losses abound.