SWITCH: Mobile | ePaper | Subscribe

Homes Rentals Jobs Autos Contests

2 children dead in West Point, older brother missing

Real Estate Agents

Utah real estate broker charged with forging inspections

Last updated Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 11:16pm

SALT LAKE CITY — One of Utah’s most successful real estate brokers has been charged with forging federal housing inspection records.

Crime, Forgery, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Utah Read more Comments

Gerald Tatton (left) shows real estate agent Jan Hassell a proper stance for shooting Wednesday during a Realtor Safety and Self Defense Training Class, offered by the Northern Wasatch Association of Realtors and taught by instructors from SRW Strategic & Tactical Special Operations Training and Services. At the Swanson Tactical Training Center in Ogden, the real estate agents were taught a four-pronged approach that includes prevention, deterrence, detection and defense because they often show homes on their own. Training included how to use a gun and how to fight off a sexual assault. (REYNALDO LEAL/Standard-Examiner)

Top of Utah real estate agents receive self-defense training

Mitch Shaw Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 15, 2013 - 11:31am

OGDEN — You wouldn’t think real estate agents need any special training in hand-to-hand combat or how to fire a handgun, but this week, that’s exactly what a group of them got.

About 70 local agents participated in the Realtor Safety and Self Defense Training Class, offered by the Northern Wasatch Association of Realtors and taught by instructors from SRW Strategic & Tactical Special Operations Training and Services.

Randy Benoit, with the Franklin Group, helped organize the event. He said real estate agents can be put in vulnerable situations when showing homes to potential clients.

Guns, Real Estate Agents, Realtors, Self-defense, Training, Featured, Rape Read more Comments

Matt Townsend, of Ogden, holds a Shih Tzu he adopted at the Weber County Animal Shelter on Thursday. The dog, which he and his wife, Joanne, have named Buster, was recently found abandoned ainside a foreclosed home in North Ogden. The dog received donated grooming services from The Little Dog House to clean it up. Townsend has adopted several animals from the shelter over the years and recently had a dog die from cancer after they had owned it for 16 years. (ROBERT JOHNSON/Standard-Examiner)

Abandoned dog gets a new home; bereft couple gets a new pet

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2012 - 8:36am

OGDEN — Sometimes one happy ending can resolve two sad stories at once. That was the case Thursday when Matt and Joanne Townsend adopted a 2-year-old Shih Tzu they named Buster.

Animal Control, Animal Neglect, Animal Shelters, Arrests, Cats, Dog, Dogs, Foreclosure, Foreclosures, Home foreclosures, Housing, Landlord, Pet Adoption, Pets, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents, Realtors, Utah, Weber County Animal Shelter, Featured Read more Comments

Realtors host Santa event for kids with cancer

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 19, 2011 - 11:42pm

LAYTON — A combination of Christmas and Las Vegas magic gave some area families with children battling cancer a short reprieve Saturday.

Business, Cancer, Children, Christmas, Donations, Families, Holidays, Las Vegas, Magic Show, Magician, Real Estate Agents, Religion, Santa, Santa Claus, Utah Read more Comments

How to fire your real estate agent

Michael Estrin bankrate.com

Last updated Thursday, December 15, 2011 - 12:27pm

Between listing and sale, some home sellers find that the relationship with their real estate agent sours. As much as they would like to, homeowners can't just walk away from an agent.

Business, Home buyers, Homeowners, Real Estate, Real Estate Agents Read more Comments