Ten years ago Hurricane was the place people drove through on the way to Zion. It is not that anymore, and buyers keep asking me what changed and whether it keeps going.
Ten years ago Hurricane was the place people drove through on the way to Zion. It is not that anymore, and buyers keep asking me what changed and whether it keeps going.
Most people who call me about retiring here have already decided on Southern Utah. What they have not decided is which town, and the three that come up most are St. George, Hurricane, and Ivins.
A big share of the buyers I work with are not going to live here full time, at least not yet. They want a place they can close up in May, drive away from, and find in one piece in October.
Downsizing sounds like a math problem. Sell the big house, buy the smaller one, keep the difference. It is almost never that, and the people who treat it that way are the ones who call me eighteen months later wanting to move again.
This question comes up on almost every relocation call, usually somewhere around minute ten, and usually phrased carefully because people feel a little awkward asking it.
Hurricane is not one place. Buyers who treat it like one place tend to tour six houses that look similar on a screen and come away confused about why they liked two of them and felt nothing about the other four.
I get this call several times a month. Somebody is moving to Southern Utah, they own a side by side or a built rig or a trailer full of dirt bikes, and they want to know where to buy so they are not fighting their own house every weekend.
Almost every week someone asks me the same thing: they want to buy a place in Southern Utah that pays for itself as a vacation rental, and they have heard Sand Hollow is the spot. They are right, but not for the reason most people think, and there is one detail that trips up buyers who do not do their homework first. So let me walk you through how nightly rentals actually work out here, where they are allowed, what they cost to get into, and what I would check before you write an offer. I have sold real estate in this area for 13 years, and Sand Hollow is one of the neighborhoods I get asked about most.
View MoreEvery week I get a call or an email that starts the same way: "We're thinking about moving to St. George. What do we need to know?" After 13 years selling real estate here, I've given that answer hundreds of times, and it keeps getting longer, because this town keeps changing. So here it is in one place: what it actually costs to live in St. George in 2026, where the jobs are, what the summers really feel like, the water situation everyone asks about, and the handful of things I wish more people knew before the moving truck was already on I-15.
View MoreOne of the most common questions I hear from buyers is whether they should purchase a brand-new home or an existing home. The answer depends on your budget, timeline, and what you value most. Both options have some great advantages here in Southern Utah.
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