Utah's housing market is genuinely unusual right now - statewide price appreciation of roughly 3 to 4% is forecast for 2026, with tech-corridor Wasatch Front submarkets potentially running 6 to 8%, driven by a structural housing shortage and continued Silicon Slopes job growth. St. George remains one of the most-searched relocation destinations in the country, and Park City's median listing price sits near $2 million as a resort and second-home market that behaves nothing like the rest of the state. Every one of those markets sells on renderings before a shovel hits the ground.
That's exactly where accuracy matters. Utah enforces the 2021 International Building Code, International Residential Code and International Energy Conservation Code alongside the 2020 National Electrical Code, effective statewide since July 1, 2023 - and House Bill 65 (2026) has already been signed into law, moving the state to the 2024 IBC family effective July 1, 2026. A rendering built from real setbacks, height limits, and massing rules holds up through presale, investor pitch, and permit review; a rendering built from artistic license doesn't survive first contact with a plan reviewer.
We build every Utah rendering from the same dimensioned model a permit set would use, whether the client is a custom home builder in American Fork, a master-plan developer in Eagle Mountain, or a resort team marketing a Park City estate. The image looks good because the geometry underneath it is right.
