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Good news most Utah landlords missed.

A bill this session would have stripped rentals of the break that taxes a home on 55% of its value instead of the full amount.

It failed.

Your rentals keep the same treatment as an owner-occupied home for now.

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Utah added 11,100 jobs over the past year and unemployment sits at 3.8%.

Growth has slowed, but the state is still hiring while much of the country is not.

More jobs means more renters, and that demand is what keeps your units full.

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Rent is not moving the same everywhere along the Wasatch Front.

Over the past year Provo metro rents rose 2.2%.

Orem/Lehi metro rose 1.8%.

Salt Lake metro slipped 1.0%.

Utah County supply, so rents there hold up better.

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Source: Northmarq, Q1 2026.

Here is why so many apartment deals are hard to pencil right now.

The average Utah apartment earns about 5.3% (cap rate).

The loan to buy one costs about 6.5%.

This is known as negative leverage.

When the loan costs more than the building earns, borrowing more lowers your return instead of raising it.

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Source: Northmarq Q1 2026, Freddie Mac.