Great news.  I have teamed up with a new agent to bring better service to my clients.  Her name is Melina Vargas.  She is very knowledgable about real estate and pays attention to detail.  Between her and I, we will be better equipped to offer quick, professional service to our clients, whether it be in buying or selling an existing home, new construction, land, and homes in Sun River. We are also covering anything in Utah County, Iron County and Salt Lake County. A special bonus is Melina also speaks Spanish. 
Please let us know how we can assist you in finding buying or selling a home this Holiday Season and in the coming New Year.
Merry Christmas!
Jill and Melina
435-414-4048/jillpaulsensellshomes@gmail.com
801-750-4701/utahhomeswithmelina@gmail.com

News came out this last week that the St. George area Elks Club/Dixie Red Hills Golf Course is undergoing a major renovation on the clubhouse this fall. This is already an awesome, inexpensive 9 hole golf course with beautiful red rocks and huge, mature shade trees throughout.  To find out more about the many golf courses the St. George area has to offer go to: https://www.facebook.com/City-of-St-George-Utah-Golf-Division-350046965032004/

Weekly/Nightly rental projects are on the rise in Southern Utah. Though St. George City has taken a hard stance on weekly/nightly rentals mixed in with single family residences they have approved 2 new weekly/nightly rental projects in the City since May of 2016.  “Our entire city is not a resort,” said Councilman Jimmie Hughes, who said he had no issues with the proposed development and thought it would have been done well but that he felt a responsibility to protect what the residents felt was important about the character of the area. This comment came at a City Council Meeting where a developer was attempting to get his weekly/nightly rental project approved.
Hurricane City passed an ordinance that all of City could use their homes as weekly/nightly rental properties unless otherwise specified in the subdivisions CCR's. After much backlash from residents the ordinance has been amended "in order to balance the right of property owners to use their property in all l ...

There are several reasons why buying in the southern portion or "Little Valley/Meadow Valley" area of St. George is most popular and here they are: 
1. Schools
2. Inexpensive power 
3. Good mixture of all age groups
4. No HOA's 
5. Homes from $265,000 on up
6. Pickleball courts and parks
The schools in this the Little/Meadow Valley areas are some of the best schools in the state with A and A+ ratings.  Desert Hills High School is ranked #17 in the State. https://www.schooldigger.com/go/UT/schools/0114001290/school.aspx. 
Washington County School District has a 4 school system which means, K-5th grade goes to elementary school, 6th-7th intermediate school, 8th-9th middle school and 10th-12th high school. Desert Hills High School also has very good athletic programs. George Washington Academy Charter School, K-8, is close by as well and is ranked 21st out 527 elementary schools. 
Dixie Power is the power company that services the Little/Meadow ...

There’s a burgeoning members-only social club in the St. George area that gathers monthly throughout most of the year to enjoy preferred wines, arts and more recently to raise funds for local arts. According to its media release this week, the St. George Wine Club has distributed nearly $10,000 in its first fiscal year as a nonprofit organization.
The funds were given to support local arts, performing artists, education programs and underserved members of the community throughout Washington County, club Co-Director Doug Hamilton said in the release, with proceeds from the monthly social gatherings.
Within a year, as those friends invited other friends, the original group grew to approximately 50 people meeting monthly at each other’s residences.The St. George Wine Club was founded in 2011 by Phil Loomis, a retired high-tech executive who relocated from Seattle to Southern Utah with his wife, Kit. Seeking to connect with friends who shared their pas ...