Metrostudy Report - Salt Lake City, UT– November 1, 2011 - In the Greater Salt Lake market, job growth and positive signs in the housing market indicate potential improvement in 2011, according to a recent report by Metrostudy, a national housing data and consulting firm that maintains the most extensive primary database on residential construction in the US housing market.

MetroStudy - (St. George, UT – May 1, 2011) The St. George housing market is showing fundamentals for improvement, according to a recent report by Metrostudy, a national housing data and consulting firm that maintains the most extensive primary database on residential construction in the US housing market.

According to recently released data, which was also adjusted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the St. George MSA began adding jobs on a year over year basis in December 2010. As of March, there has been a net increase of 1,000 jobs, which represents a .67% annual growth rate. “The return in actual job growth is a major hurdle for the market and will have a positive affect on the housing market as we continue to climb out of the recession,” said Eric Allen, director of Metrostudy’s St. George Division. The unemployment rate was at 9.6% as of March 2011, which is lower than the national average of 8.8% (as of March 2011).