Builders will negotiate, but maybe not as aggressively as deal-seeking buyers hope. You can often get little things thrown in — free blinds throughout the house, a refrigerator, small credits here and there. But if a builder is already offering a big incentive — say, a 7/6 ARM with a 2-1 buydown bringing the first-year…
What happens next depends entirely on whether you’re on a dirt start or buying an inventory home — they’re two different paths. On a dirt start, you pick the lot, put down a deposit, then schedule your design center appointment and choose all your finishes. Any structural or design changes get signed off as change…
It depends on the buyer, but in Micah’s opinion, an inventory or spec home will almost always be the better deal. If you’re very concerned about look, finishes, fixtures, and picking your own lot, a dirt start could matter to you specifically. But builders almost never offer incentives or rate buydowns on dirt starts. Their…
Most buyers skip the inspection on a brand new Utah home, and Micah understands why. Inspections run around $400, and the home already comes with a builder warranty, so it’s fair to ask why you’d pay for something the warranty already covers. Most of the time, that logic holds up. In 25 years, Micah has…
Many high-volume production builders in Utah — DR Horton, Edge Homes, Flagship Homes, Salisbury Homes, and others building at scale — often undersize the AC relative to what a homeowner actually needs during a real Utah summer. It likely meets code on flow and unit size, but in practice, once Utah gets over 100 degrees,…
A lot premium is the extra amount a builder charges for a specific homesite because it offers something more valuable than a standard lot — usually size, location, or view. In Utah, lot premiums show up almost exclusively on larger, more customized homes. Builders like Toll Brothers, Symphony Homes, David Weekley Homes, and Alpine Homes…
Most production builders in Utah County take about the same amount of time once footings go in — roughly 4 months. A few builders that allow more customization, like Toll Brothers, Symphony Homes, David Weekley Homes, and Alpine Homes, tend to run longer, simply because more choices means more time. Standard spec builders — Arive,…
It changes from week to week. Some builders carry more inventory under $450,000 than others at any given moment, and homes priced under that line come and go as fast as they’re built and sold. Right now, the Utah County builders with homes priced under $450,000 include Arive Homes, Century Communities, DR Horton, Edge Homes,…
Cedar Hills has only 2 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, priced from $2,500,000 to $3,890,000. Both are single-family homes in the luxury tier, and there are zero townhomes or condos. With just 2 listings, both well above $2.5M, new construction in Cedar Hills right now is essentially a wait-for-it situation…
Lindon has only 2 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, priced from $841,800 to $924,900. Both are single-family homes priced at $800,000 or more, and there are zero townhomes or condos. Two listings is barely a search at all — if Lindon specifically is the goal, the realistic advice is to…
Alpine has only 3 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, and it’s an ultra-luxury market — prices run from $4,090,000 to $6,499,000. All 3 are single-family homes, all 3 are priced well above $800,000, and there are zero townhomes or condos. This isn’t a market where a buyer waits for inventory…
The Utah County portion of Draper has only 3 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, priced from $924,900 to $3,250,000. All 3 are single-family homes, all 3 are priced at $800,000 or more, and there are zero townhomes or condos. With just 3 listings, new construction here is a narrow, high-end…