The Utah Real Estate Market: 2026 Trends

🏠 Buying a house in Utah | 🏘️ Selling a house in Utah | 🚚 Moving to Utah

🏡 Home values in Utah have risen 0.58% over the past year, indicating a buyer's market.

📈 Housing inventory (the total number of homes for sale) stands at 10,285. That's about 5.73 months of inventory, indicating a seller's market.

📊 The sale-to-list price ratio (the percentage of listing price sellers are actually getting) is 98.50%, indicating a seller's market.

How does Utah compare to the national average?

Buying a house in the Utah real estate market

Utah has an affordability score of 6.6, meaning it takes 6.6 years of the median household income ($93,421) to afford Utah's median home sale price ($619,800). Because of this, we rank Utah as the 10th least affordable state for buyers based strictly on prices compared to income.

Who pays for realtor commission in Utah?

Real estate agents' commissions are technically the responsibility of their respective clients - buyers pay their agents, and sellers pay theirs. Each party signs a contract with their agent promising to pay. However, sellers usually offer to pay for the buyer's agent so they can more easily afford the home.

Who pays closing costs in Utah?

Sellers are usually responsible for most closing costs, but some closing expenses fall to the buyer. As a buyer, you'll be expected to pay for the mortgage loan origination fee and other lender-related fees, private mortgage insurance, the down payment, an appraisal fee, and a home inspection fee.

Learn more about who pays closing costs in Utah.

Resources for Utah home buyers

Selling a house in the Utah real estate market

According to our detailed survey of Utah real estate agents, listing agents (those representing the seller) charge an average commission in Utah of 2.79%, which is the 11th lowest in the United States. Buyers' agents charge an average commission of 2.82%, which is the 24th highest in the United States.

Resources for Utah home sellers

Moving to Utah

According to our recent moving trends survey"Half of Americans Are Surprised by How Much It Costs to Move"</a> Updated February 26, 2024.<br><br><a class="view-all-sources-link" href=https://listwithclever.com/utah/"#article-sources">View All Sources</a>">[15], 7% of Americans indicated that they would choose to move to Utah if money were no object. Likewise, 8% of survey respondents indicated that they would move to Salt Lake City among a choice of America's largest cities. Among medium-sized cities, 6% indicated that they would move to Provo.

Here's how Utah cities rank in a number of our research studies.

Where to shop for homes in Utah

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Frequently asked questions

Methodology

Information on market conditions is based on Zillow data as of October 2025, Realtor.com data as of October 2025, and HouseCanary data as of November 28, 2025, unless specified otherwise.

We gathered our commission rate data from a September 2025 survey of 828 of agents nationwide. The survey asked about standard local rates for both listing and buying agents. To ensure an adequate amount of agent data, these data points are averages based on responses we've received from 42 agents in the Rocky Mountains region.