Saratoga Springs vs. Herriman for New Townhomes: Which Is a Better Value?

On a rate basis, new townhomes tend to carry a slightly higher effective property tax rate than new single-family homes, because a lot of new-townhome supply sits in higher-rate submarkets. Overall the effective rate on new townhomes runs about 0.55% of value versus about 0.52% for new single-family. In Salt Lake County the gap is…

Orem has 16 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, and every one of them is priced at $800,000 or more — the range runs from $1,049,900 to $3,750,000. All 16 are single-family homes; there are currently zero new townhomes and zero new condos in Orem. If you’re looking for new construction…

American Fork has 23 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, priced from $409,990 to $4,500,000. Thirteen are townhomes ($409,990-$499,990) and 10 are single-family homes ($967,400-$4,500,000) — every single-family listing in American Fork right now happens to be priced at $800,000 or more, so all 10 of the city’s luxury-tier listings are…

As of September 2026, the least expensive new single-family homes in Payson start around $629,999 (only a small number of new single-family homes are listed there right now, so treat the entry price as rough) – that is roughly the bottom 10% of new-construction listings – and the median is near $679,900. At the entry…

Vineyard has 14 active new-construction listings on the MLS as of August 2026, priced from $761,900 to $2,700,000. All 14 are single-family homes — there are currently zero new townhomes and zero new condos in Vineyard. Thirteen of the 14 are priced at $800,000 or more. This is a genuinely tight market for new construction:…

As of September 2026, Cottonwood Heights has only about 3 active new single-family listings (median near $7,999,999). Cottonwood Heights has only a handful of new homes, all of them canyon-adjacent estates priced well above $6 million. There is no attainable new construction in the city; the nearest production new-home markets are in the southwest valley….