Ivory Homes Ltd So Utah

Ivory is a builder first: it began as Ivory Real Estate in the mid-1960s under Ellis Ivory, moved from developing lots to building houses and took the Ivory Homes name in 1988, and it has been Utah's largest homebuilder every year since 1990 by building-permit count. The St. George arm sells the company's own new construction in Washington County rather than working general resale.

Buying new from the company that builds it

When the brokerage and the builder are the same business, the agent in the model home represents the seller. Everything about the process is legitimate and normal; the point is simply that their duty runs to the builder. You are free to bring your own agent, and in Washington County you generally must do so on your first visit for it to count.

The setting

This is central St. George, inside the pioneer grid of wide numbered streets laid out in the 1860s — still the part of the city where small brokerages, title companies and law offices cluster. Reading outward from the door, the nearest communities in our directory are Little Valley, Stone Cliff and Bloomington Hills.

Buying land and building

Land is a much larger part of the market here than in most metropolitan areas — a great deal of Washington County is open desert, and buildable acreage trades on its own terms. What separates a good lot from a cheap one is rarely visible on a drive-by: culinary water and sewer access, a power run that may be expensive, geologic hazard mapping, and slope. Cities here publish hazard maps that are worth reading before an offer, not after. If you are looking at raw land through Ivory Homes Ltd So Utah, start with our guide to buying land and building custom.

If you are choosing between offices, it is worth reading two or three of these pages side by side — the brokerage directory lists them all. Our guide to working with an agent covers what to ask once you have a shortlist.