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How to Flip Houses in Salt Lake City, UT

Flipping in Salt Lake City lives or dies on two numbers: median sale price ($599k) and YoY appreciation (+1.4%). The arithmetic of your exit is what those numbers say it is.

DATA · Zillow Research (via scrape.do) · AS OF APRIL 2026

Workable 83/100

Salt Lake City is a workable flip market — neither bonanza nor minefield. Standard underwriting discipline applies.

TL;DR — data signals

→ Median sale $599,207 · YoY +1.4%
→ Median DOM 13 days — fast exit
→ 19.6% sold above list — priced-right is enough
→ Underwrite to a textbook 70% rule

Salt Lake City's flip math starts at a median sale price of $599,207 and a YoY trajectory of +1.4%. Appreciation is flat — neither tailwind nor headwind. ARV underwriting can use today's comps without an aggressive discount, which is actually the easiest environment to operate in.

Your exit speed depends on buyer urgency. Salt Lake City's median DOM is 13 days against a sale-to-list ratio of 0.987 and 19.6% of sales closing above list. That's a moderate-paced market — 30-45 days from list-to-close is the realistic budget. Underwrite to that, not to the optimistic 21-day flip-tape narrative.

Rehab scope discipline is the other half. At a $599k median sale, Salt Lake City buyers expect modern finishes — quartz, real subway tile, durable LVP at minimum. Cheap-flips get destroyed in inspection here. Budget $30-50/sqft for a full cosmetic rehab.

Net: the 70% rule (purchase + rehab + carry + closing ≤ 70% of ARV) is the only thing keeping flippers solvent. Salt Lake City's data rewards textbook 70% discipline.

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Salt Lake City at a glance