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Show The Enterprise Review , November 10, 1976 Page 4b New Home Construction Healthy; But Projections Not Satisfied growth city with a total of four units for the entire nine Total construction starts for 1976 in Salt Lake have reached a healthy 5,981 units which is a 19.8 percent month period. Considering a moderate slowdown during the second quarter, Featherstone said an impressive third quarter 2076 units valued at boost increase over the same period for 1975. A report by the Home Builders Association of Greater Salt Lake placed new residential construction values at $197.4 million for the nine month period through September. According to Steve HOW DO YOU COOK UPA GOOD AD? You need a good client. Like Marcel Oberlin, Proprietor of La Fleur de Lys. A client who encourages you to learn all you can about what he has to sell. (You may never see the kitchen, but we have.) 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He said that new housing including land costs and overhead averages $26.8 per At $36,800 square foot. below the still locally, we are national median cost of $43,200, he added. But he cautioned the public to be impact requirements and other factors that are forcing the cost of housing out of reach for most Americans and local area citizens. Continued on Page 7b Residential Construction Comparatives 1974, 75 &76 For the Greater Salt Lake Area (County) 16 percent per year for the past three years has stabilized the industry. He cited spiralling land costs, inflation and high mortgage loan interest rates as major barriers to our reaching the 16,000 units per year expected for the state of Utah alert to the changes in local planning and zoning regulations, rising costs of utility hook-u- p fees, environmental 3,000 2,000 Order your custoi business gifts soon 1,000 the Xmas rush may cause delays. FIRST QUARTER SECOND QUARTER 1974 Total Units 6,409 C 1975 Total Units 6,111: THIRD QUARTER FOURTH QUARTER Total units 7,200 (projection based on first three quarter 5,981) I 1976 Source: Home Builders Association of Greater Salt Lake I lincklcy & Higgins Advertising, Inc. Kearns Building 300-Salt Lake City. Utah 84101 A Telephone 364-211- 2 Television Radio - Newspaper Outdoor - Direct Mail EXECUTIVE 831 WEST GIFTS 1ST SOUTH SALES INCENTIVES S.L.C., UT. 84104 Phone (801 ) 328-870- 6 on monthly No cash investment; no work; no worry. The Tree House will take care oi installation, maintenance including watering, any plants need to be replaced-- it will cost you nothing. Call us today for information about this economical leasing package. Add the beauty and warmth of lush foliage to your business. Ordinance Will Limit Houses Continued from page lb conservative, he said. 1 dont quite understand why they want to make the lot sizes so large. Gordon, who conducts soil tests, said larger developers consistently take soil tests before commencing construction. But now soil tests are really the exception. This ordinance would force more people to do it. He estimates a soil test costs between $500 and $2,500, or close to $50 a lot. He named the revegetation plan as the newest has never "it been requirement, saying, required in the past. This service is usually provided by the U.S. Forest Service, he added. Roger Boyer, of The Boyer Company, said he thought the proposal is probably a good idea," but added, A development property can bear only so much study. Do studies actually tell them anything new? he asked. If a report is important or unique to the piece of property under consideration, the developer should foot the bill, he added. One developer said smaller developers often do not bother doing soil tests, regrading plans or revegetation. 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