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Show "Buy now" real estate market in full swing locally Now is the time to buy if your looking for real estate according to some of the local realtors. Interest rates are down and the market mar-ket is open. A few people are moving in but not a lot according to Ralph Dart of Century 21 Dart Realty. Jobs are stabilizing and people are more confident in purchasing homes and land. "More people are selling and the buying has slowed," said Freida Parker of Ashley Valley Realtors. With buying being slow people have a better chance of getting a good buy on a home or land that they want "People who are moving in are buying up the homes," said Bobbie Mott of Coldwell Banker Aspen Brook Realty. People aren't just buying to buy, they are investing in their homes. They are buying to invest in rental homes and people from outside the area are investing also, said Mott. All three realtors said that there were fewer homes in the market than there has been in the past, but the market is coming up. It is a good time to sell both homes and land. The going interest rate is between 10-10.5 and is falling slightly. Because the interest rate is good and the market is going up, now is a good time to buy. "Prices seem to be reasonable," said Dart. The prices of homes are lower here than they are in some of the bigger cities said Parker. With jobs becoming more secure and a few more people moving into the area, homes are being sold and the prices are starting on an incline. Many people are buying to get into bigger andor better quality homes before prices rise too much said Mott. Some realtors say that apartments are coming up in the market due to better occupancy and apartments are being fixed up. They are both selling and renting. Other realtors say that the apartment situation looks bleak. According to the Board of Realtors, 24 homes were closed in June, the base price for homes now is between $20,000-40,000. The average av-erage selling price is about $25,000. HUD homes seem to be disappearing. disappear-ing. Because the HUD homes are sold, individual homes are selling better said Mott. Compared to a few years ago, more and more homes are being sold and "realtors are more optimistic". opti-mistic". The trend seems to be that the market is going up. Ashley Trading Post offers variety of fine Indian art, gifts Vernal Express Wednesday, July 25. 1990 3 What used to be a run-down pink motel on south Main Street has been recently transformed into a large Indian trading post featuring quality Indian art and gifts. "I have been interested in Indian art since I was young," said Carl Ray Collett, owner of the Ashley Trading Post. "I bought my first piece of Santa Clara pottery when I was 16." Now that he is grown, Collett not only sells shiny-black Santa Clara Pueblo pieces, but art from painter Bill Rabbit, Remington and Russell prints, Hopi, Jemez, Sioux and Acoma pottery, a variety of Indian fetishes in colorful turquoise, jet, serpentine, fossilized ivory and malachite. Chilmark pewter sculptures, Black Hills jewelry, jew-elry, old Navaho weavings, Pueblo Story-Teller dolls, Chimayo blankets, blan-kets, fine silver jewelry with turquoise and coral, both traditional and contemporary Indian home decor, Ted Miller knives, Ute bead-work, bead-work, children's toys, dinosaur souvenirs sou-venirs and the list goes on. Walking through the store, it is evident from sheer volume of merchandise one could expect to spend an hour there before seeing everything. "We're happy with this building and what we have to offer people," Collett said. He said the reason he has been able to carry so much merchandise mer-chandise in his store is because of his partner. "My partner is from Albuquerque and has been a wholesaler whole-saler for 32 years. He has always 'sold on the road,' and finally decided decid-ed he'd like to open a store with us," Collett said, and stressed the fact that the items in the store have been carefully collected through the years. "This isn't just commercial stuff that has been picked up these are collectible pieces." Wanda Collett said she hasn't always al-ways shared her husband's interest in Indian handiwork but does now. "After traveling to Santa Fe and Albequerque and seeing Indians make these things, you have to appreciate ap-preciate how industrious they are and the tradition behind their craft," she said. And there is always a legend leg-end or story behind the things they make." Wanda said the response of the public to their store has been very positive, bringing in people from Salt Lake City, Steamboat and Aspen, Colo. "Local customers have told me they appreciate the store and are looking forward to doing do-ing their Christmas shopping here because of the gift ideas," she said, and added there are a variety of items in different price ranges. Next summer, the Collett's look forward to hosting an art show with Bill Rabbit and other artists at the Ashley Trading Post. "Bill Rabbit is a very popular Indian artist. His work is increasing in value all the . - ,' :: ' ; r - " - ?t 1 ' i h f'' ' - Mx7. M - -! ( ., " V i ' - I K . i .... - ' 'r 1' l 1 '. 1 CARL RAY and Wanda Collett are the owners of the Ashley Trading Post, located across the street from the museum. time," Collett said. Besides an original origi-nal oil and several signed and numbered num-bered prints, they also have the second sec-ond vase Rabbit has ever painted on. "We are very fortunate to have it in our store," he said. The Ashley Trading Post is managed man-aged by Brad and Rula Bullock and is open seven days a week from 10-8 10-8 p.m. Vernal City SECRET WITNESS Program 789-8888 Task force recommends levy for capitol outlay The Uintah School District could stand to lose $1,798,743 a year on top of a tax increase, if the Utah Legislature adheres to the recommendations recom-mendations of Utah School Finance Task Force. The recommendation of the task force is to require all school districts dis-tricts to levy a statewide .0010 tax rate for capital outlay and debt service ser-vice the first year. The tax would increase in-crease to .002 after ten years. The Uintah School District currently cur-rently levies a .000447 tax rate for capital outlay. School districts will be able to deduct all annual capital debt service principal and interest from the proceeds of the tax before remittance of the balance to the state. In the capital outlay equalization is implemented as recommended, the Uintah School District's $3,121,955 would be reduced to $1,323,212. Duchesne District's capital outlay fund would be reduced re-duced from $1,826,514 to $978,940 and Daggett's would be cut to $79,809 from $246,876. Other school district's, Alpine, $3,867,188; Cache, $1,183,303; Davis, $4,310,696 and Granite, $2,296,786 would benefit with millions more in their capital outlay funds. "One of the things that will help defeat this recommendation is Salt Lake School District stands to lose $6.5 million," said Superintendent Grant Drollinger. A draft of the proposal was released June 27. The recommendation is the result of a comprehensive study of the Utah public school finance system undertaken in July 1989. At the request re-quest of the State Office of Education, the Utah Legislature mandates the study and funded the research effort. The major effort of the study will conclude in September 1990. 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