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Home values

What are Salt Lake City homes worth in 2026?

Zillow put the typical Salt Lake City home at $572,003 at the end of August 2026, up 2.4% in a year, and listings went pending in a median 21 days. Houses alone ran higher: the WFR-MLS single family median was $599,200 in August 2026, down 6.3% from August 2025, with 3.8 months of inventory (Joel Carson's market report).

That number mixes a 600 square foot unit in a 1919 condo building with a Yalecrest Tudor. Condos and townhomes averaged $327 a square foot in August 2026, down 7.6% in a year, so a condo is valued from condo sales, ideally in its own building.

In Salt Lake City the plat date picks the comps: a 1919 cottage and a 1975 rambler can sit two miles apart and belong to different markets.

The Apex Approach

Neighborhoods

How does Salt Lake City housing divide up?

The city groups its neighborhoods into seven council districts, from Rose Park and Westpointe on the west side to Yalecrest and the East Bench, and lists 21 National Register historic districts. Under those, county records hold the old additions and plats that set each home's era and lot size.

The Avenues

A District 3 neighborhood on the sloping bench below the Wasatch foothills. The Avenues Historic District, on the National Register since 1980, runs roughly from 1st to 9th Avenue between State and Virginia Streets, and the city designates it locally too, so exterior changes and demolitions go through design review. Weston checks that additions were approved.

Yalecrest

East side, District 6, roughly Sunnyside Avenue to 1300 South between 1300 and 1800 East. The city counts 22 subdivisions platted here from 1910 to 1938, mostly English Tudor and English Cottage homes, and its local district takes in Douglas Park and Harvard Park. Period revival sales are the first comps.

Rose Park

District 1, on the west side. The Rose Park plat is the largest name in the city's county records: 1,775 homes with an average build year of 1953, about 1,120 square feet on 0.16 acre lots. On an FHA loan, any house built before 1978 gets a check for peeling or chipped paint.

Highland Park

A Sugar House area historic district, roughly Parkway Avenue to 2700 South and east to 1500 East, listed in 1998. Highland Park plats in county records hold 1,437 homes averaging 1939 on 0.15 acre lots. National Register listing sets no limits on owners, so remodeled and original houses share blocks and condition drives adjustments.

Federal Heights

District 3. Two county plats carry the name: 124 homes averaging 1923 at about 2,670 square feet, and 109 newer ones averaging 1981 on lots near half an acre and about 3,470 square feet. Federal Heights is not a local historic district, and a sale from one plat seldom fits the other.

Westpointe

District 1 and home to the city's newest large plats. Westpointe holds 662 homes averaging 1992 and Westpointe Farms 232 more built 2000 to 2004, both on 0.17 to 0.18 acre lots near 1,350 square feet. Few older Salt Lake City houses match them, so comps start inside these two plats.

Glendale

A District 2 neighborhood on the west side. Glendale Gardens, its biggest county plat, has 697 homes averaging 1950 near 1,060 square feet on 0.18 acre lots, while Glendale Park adds 135 homes on lots closer to 0.28 acre. That lot gap gets its own adjustment when sales are compared.

Every other Salt Lake City neighborhood, district and plat

Fairpark: Listed in both council District 1 and District 2; west side sales of the same decade come first.
Jordan Meadows: District 1 west side neighborhood; build year gets matched within a decade before lot size.
Poplar Grove: District 2; the Poplar Grove Addition plat counts 261 homes, average 1942, near 1,070 square feet.
Downtown: Split between Districts 2 and 4. A condo unit is compared with resales in its own building first.
Capitol Hill: District 3, on the National Register since 1982 and locally designated, so exterior work needs city review.
Guadalupe: A District 3 neighborhood where Weston confirms legal unit count before choosing comps.
Marmalade: District 3. On hillside streets, slope and street access are noted at the inspection.
Central City: District 4 and a local historic district: exterior changes and demolitions face design review.
East Central: District 4; a house split into apartments is a different property from a single family home next door.
Central Ninth: Named in both District 4 and District 5, so sales from either side of that line are weighed.
Ballpark: District 5. Zoning is read for every parcel close to commercial uses.
East Liberty Park: District 5; houses are compared with sales a similar distance from Liberty Park.
Liberty Wells: District 5 and a National Register district since 2010, bounded roughly by State Street, 700 East and 2100 South.
Sugar House: District 7, which runs roughly 500 East to Foothill Drive between 2100 and 2900 South.
Bonneville Hills: District 6. On sloped lots Weston records usable yard and view before comparing.
East Bench: A named District 6 neighborhood; lot size and view are tested against sales before any adjustment.
Foothill Sunnyside: District 6, called Sunnyside East on the council's tour page; same era east side sales lead.
Wasatch Hollow: District 6 neighborhood; distance from busy streets is weighed against nearby sales.
9th and 9th: Named for the 900 South and 900 East corner; homes near the shops are compared at a similar distance.
15th and 15th: Named for 1500 East and 1500 South; Weston compares homes of the same era on nearby blocks.
Boulevard Gardens: National Register since 2018, roughly between Main and West Temple near Quayle Avenue.
Bryant: One of the 21 National Register districts; listing brings rehab tax credits, not owner limits.
Bennion-Douglas: National Register district without local design review, so condition swings from house to house.
City Creek: On the National Register since 1980 and locally designated as City Creek and Memory Grove.
Forest Dale: Historic district since 2009 between 700 and 900 East near I-80; its plat has 275 homes averaging 1921.
Gilmer Park: Listed in 1996, 1100 to 1300 East; 147 homes averaging 1929 and about 1,830 square feet.
Salt Lake Northwest: Listed in 2001, 500 to 1100 West north of North Temple; pre 1978 houses get the FHA paint check.
South Temple: Listed in 1982 along South Temple from 100 East to 1350 East, and locally designated.
University: Locally designated and on the National Register since 1995, roughly 500 South to South Temple near 1100 East.
Westmoreland Place: Listed in 2011 and locally designated, roughly 1300 South to Sherman Avenue between 1500 and 1600 East.
Douglas Park: Inside the Yalecrest local district: 493 homes averaging 1939, about 1,760 square feet on 0.18 acre lots.
Harvard Park: A Yalecrest subdivision under the same local design review as the rest of the district.
Laird Heights: Named by the city as part of Yalecrest; 1910 to 1938 platting sets the comp era.
Princeton Park: Another Yalecrest plat, where Tudor and cottage sales nearby are the starting point.
Normandie Heights: 133 homes built 1920 to 1955, roomy for their age at about 2,150 square feet.
Morton Meadows: 761 homes, average build year 1975, around 1,060 square feet on 0.15 acre lots.
Laurelhurst: 405 homes from the mid 1950s on fifth of an acre lots.
Northcrest: Lots near a third of an acre (0.31) under 389 homes averaging 1969, about 2,200 square feet.
Clermont: 348 houses averaging 1949, small by today's standard at about 1,120 square feet.
Oakley: Builds span 1886 to 2024 among 329 homes, so age is matched house by house.
Oakley Park: A separate plat from Oakley: 116 homes, average 1954, on 0.17 acre lots.
Country Club Acres: Large for the city: 291 homes near 2,760 square feet on 0.34 acre lots, average 1960.
Country Club Heights: Despite the similar name, 238 smaller homes of about 1,010 square feet averaging 1947.
Oak Hills: 273 homes from the 1960s on 0.28 acre lots, around 2,290 square feet.
Liberty Heights: 228 homes with a 1923 average on 0.13 acre lots.
St. Mary Hills: 214 homes averaging 1964 on 0.34 acre lots, about 2,260 square feet.
St. Marys Park: Later than St. Mary Hills: 92 homes averaging 1980 on 0.26 acre lots.
Idlewild: 210 homes, average year 1947, on 0.17 acre lots.
El Rey Park: Postwar plat (1948 onward) of 197 homes near 1,630 square feet on fifth acre lots.
Marlborough Place: 190 homes built 1913 to 1977, mostly in the 1920s, on tight 0.11 acre lots.
Emerson Heights: 187 homes averaging 1928 on 0.13 acre lots.
Arcadia Heights: 184 homes from the late 1960s on quarter acre lots, about 1,860 square feet.
Bonneville Garden: 179 small houses (about 1,010 square feet) with a 1945 average build year.
City Park: One of the older plats: 177 homes averaging 1919 on 0.13 acre lots.
Progress Heights: 175 homes averaging 1940 near 1,170 square feet.
Rosslyn Heights: 168 homes averaging 1949 on 0.21 acre lots, around 1,530 square feet.
Ensign Downs: Lots average 0.42 acre under 164 homes from the 1970s, so land carries real weight.
Lincoln Park: 158 homes built 1887 to 2023, average 1928, on 0.14 acre lots.
University Heights: 149 houses averaging 1935; a 1951 condominium of 90 small units shares the name in county records.
Indian Hills: 141 homes averaging 1967 on lots near 0.37 acre, about 2,400 square feet.
Arlington Hills: Lots average 0.48 acre; 140 homes near 2,950 square feet with a 1982 average build year.
Arlington Heights: A different plat from Arlington Hills: 107 homes averaging 1931 on 0.17 acre lots.
Sunnyside Park: 132 homes from the 1940s on 0.22 acre lots, near 1,890 square feet.
South Lawn: 130 homes, average 1917, around 1,320 square feet.
Federal Acres: A separate plat from Federal Heights: 125 homes averaging 1943, about 1,090 square feet.
Wasatch Heights: 110 homes built 1948 to 1984, mostly early 1950s, on 0.15 acre lots.
Skyline Heights: 104 homes averaging 1954 on lots near 0.29 acre.
Beacon Heights: Built 1948 to 1959: 102 homes near 1,720 square feet on quarter acre lots.
New Rose Park: 101 homes from 1964 to 1977, a later plat than Rose Park, about 1,050 square feet.
American Towers: 357 condo units, all from 1982, averaging about 1,560 square feet: the largest condominium in the city's county file.
Zion Summit: 1976 condominium with 192 units near 1,240 square feet.
Canyon Road Towers: 182 units from 1976; the tower's own resales are the first comps.
Graystone: 176 condo units from 1964, about 1,420 square feet each.
Parc at Gateway: 151 condo units built in 2004, near 970 square feet.
99 West: 150 condos from 2011 averaging about 1,290 square feet.
Regent at City Creek: 142 condo units completed in 2011, about 1,120 square feet.
Belvedere: A 1919 building recorded as 130 condo units averaging about 600 square feet.
Metro: 117 condos from 2008 near 985 square feet.
Bonneville Tower: 115 units in a 1964 building, around 1,120 square feet.
Marmalade Square: 100 condo units from 1961, small at about 750 square feet.
Terraces of Rose Park: 94 condos from 1964 near 900 square feet, valued from condo sales rather than Rose Park houses.
Brickyard: A condominium of 108 units recorded in 1978, averaging about 1,710 square feet.

What moves value

What drives Salt Lake City home values?

Era and historic status come first: most of the largest plats in county records average build years before 1960, and the city lists 21 National Register districts. Listing alone limits nothing; local districts such as the Avenues, Central City and Yalecrest add design review for exterior changes and demolitions.

Next is legal use. Since April 2023, detached accessory units up to 1,000 square feet no longer need a conditional use permit in single family zones, though the owner generally must live on site (KSL). A unit adds value only if it is legal. Salt Lake City School District serves most of the city.

Appraisal services

Which appraisals does Weston do in Salt Lake City?

Weston handles purchase, refinance, FHA, estate and date of death, divorce and settlement, tax appeal, PMI removal and pre listing appraisals in Salt Lake City (see services). The 2026 FHA limit for a one unit Salt Lake County home is $637,100. Reports are UAD 3.6 ready. Weston's record: 100 percent on time in 2025, an average under five days in 2026, and about a week from order to delivered report, usually less.

Salt Lake City appraisal FAQ

Salt Lake City appraisal questions

What is my house worth in Salt Lake City?

Zillow's typical Salt Lake City value was $572,003 in August 2026; the MLS single family median was $599,200. A 1950s Rose Park house and a Federal Heights home on half an acre land far from both. An appraisal compares your home with sales of the same era nearby.

What is the FHA loan limit in Salt Lake County?

For 2026 it is $637,100 for a one unit home anywhere in Salt Lake County, a little above the city's August single family median. FHA requires an FHA approved appraiser, and Weston is one; on homes built before 1978 the report also covers paint condition.

What does a date of death appraisal do for a Salt Lake City estate?

It sets a Salt Lake City home's value on the day the owner died. Executors and attorneys use it to settle the estate and fix the heirs' stepped up tax basis, and it can be done years later from sales near that date.

How is an appraisal different from an agent's CMA in Salt Lake City?

An agent's CMA suggests a list price and comes from someone paid on the sale. An appraisal is an independent opinion of value from a state certified appraiser who inspects the home; lenders, courts and estates rely on it.

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