Live Murray listings, filtered
The typical Murray home is valued right around $500,000, so under $500K is the middle of the market: the median bracket. This is the broadest mix in the city: updated brick ramblers, newer townhomes, and the bulk of Murray's established stock, fed live from the MLS and sorted newest first.
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The local read
Here is the frame: the typical Murray home is valued right around $507,500 (U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024), so under $500K is exactly the median bracket: the broadest, most active slice of the city's housing market. This is where most of the listings live and most of the transactions happen. More choice and more competition than any other rung on the ladder.
What the median bracket delivers in Murray is the city's signature stock: updated mid-century brick on established streets, newer townhome rows in the Fashion Place and south-end blocks, and the full spread of the Fireclay and transit-node attached product. The cramped and the project-heavy still turn up. They cluster at the bottom of this bracket, but a move-in-ready home on a mature lot is the realistic expectation here rather than the lucky find.
Because this is the busiest bracket, competition is real. A pre-approval keeps the timing in the buyer's hands rather than the seller's. Spring is peak competition; winter is calmer.
Weighing this against the bracket above? The under $600K page is one step up, where larger detached homes, better finishes, and the first east-side ground start to show up. Under $500K is the entry point here. There is no lower price band tracked in Murray. The Murray guide sets the full city context, and connecting with the local expert is how the search gets specific.
One rung up: under $600K is where larger detached homes, better finishes, and the first east-side ground start to show up. A step up from the median opens more of the city's mid-century core and the stronger blocks.
The entry floor: There is no rung below this one. Under $500K is the floor of the Murray market, so the choices here come down to condition and type: an updated brick rambler, a newer townhome near the rail, or an older detached home that needs work, rather than a lower price band.
Either way: The bracket is a search filter, not a verdict. Share the must-haves and a local expert will map them to the rung where they actually live.
What the money buys
Almost everything in the median bracket is one of three kinds of home in Murray, and unlike the entry end, a move-in-ready option across all three is a realistic expectation. Knowing which shape fits the search narrows it fast.
The core of Murray's market: 1950s through 1970s brick homes on established streets, many updated in kitchens, baths, or systems. A real lot, mature trees, and the city's most common footprint. The bulk of median-bracket inventory.
The trade: an older build decade in exchange for a genuine lot, mature landscaping, and the settled feel of the established streets.
More recent attached product in the Fashion Place and south-end blocks, often with two-car garages and current finishes. Lower upkeep than a detached home, newer than the mid-century core, and a step up from the transit-node condos.
The trade: a shared wall in exchange for a newer build year, current finishes, and lower near-term maintenance.
The Fireclay and Murray North corridor: a mix of older condo buildings and some of the city's newest attached construction, within walking distance of rail. Density and transit access as the defining feature.
The trade: a denser setting and an older or newer project-built finish in exchange for the best transit access in the city.
Any given week leans heavier in one shape than another. The live grid below shows the real-time mix. Use the on-grid filters to set a floor and narrow by beds, baths, or type.
Stretch up, or hold here
The bracket above buys a different kind of home, not a bigger version of this one. Here is the honest, list-price read on what changes as you climb off the entry floor. The left column is this page.
| Comparison point | Under $500KThis page | Under $600K | Under $700K |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical home shape | Updated ramblers, newer townhome rows, transit-node attached | Larger updated ramblers, stronger-block detached, premium attached | East-side band, fully remodeled mid-century, premium townhomes |
| What you usually give up | Size, finish quality, and the stronger block locations | A little budget for the larger, better-located product | More budget for the east-side band and full remodels |
| What you usually gain | The most listings and the widest choice in the city | More square footage, better finishes, and stronger blocks | Larger lots, east-side ground, and best-in-class finishes |
| Where it tends to land you | The mid-century core and the Fashion Place blocks | The better established streets and the lower east-side band | The east-side band and the premier established blocks |
| How the competition feels | The busiest bracket in the city | Steady, with a little more room to evaluate | Calmer, with fewer buyers competing |
The rung is a starting filter, not a verdict. The right one comes down to the one or two must-haves driving the search. Share those and a local expert will map them to the right line.
Newest first
Fed straight from the local MLS and capped at $500,000: new Murray listings at the median appear here as they list, and sold homes drop off. Use the on-grid filters to set your own floor and narrow by beds, baths, or type.
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The full Murray inventory with the map, list view, and search filters. No account needed to look.
Hear about new matches first
Tell us what you are after and we will flag new listings that fit, usually the morning they go live.
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Browse every Murray listing, or slide the ladder: under $600k.
If the grid looks thin today, that is the real market, not a glitch: inventory in this bracket moves in waves and some weeks it genuinely runs lean. Tell us what you are after and the team will flag the next match as soon as it lists.
Listing information comes from the local MLS and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
A four-step play
The median bracket is Murray's most active and most competitive. Readiness and a clear must-have list are the two things that separate buyers who land a home from buyers who keep almost buying one.
In a market where median-priced homes go pending in roughly 11 days, a pre-approval letter is the difference between making an offer and watching from the outside.
Name the one or two things driving the search, a real lot, a certain block, a garage, main-floor living, so the decision is made before touring, not during it. The median bracket has enough options that without a priority list the search stays open too long.
The median is the fastest-moving bracket in the city in season. Seeing a fit the morning it lists means evaluating it before the weekend crowd arrives.
Knowing which streets hold value and which condition gaps are real versus cosmetic is what local market experience provides. Walk the buying process and the art of the offer whenever the detail helps.
The median bracket is Murray's busiest. A local expert who knows the mid-century core, the transit-node attached product, and which streets are worth the premium will flag the right fits and read the comps before the offer.
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Quick answers
The median bracket: updated mid-century brick ramblers and split-entries on established streets, newer townhome rows in the Fashion Place and south-end blocks, and the range of condos and attached product near the rail stations. This is the broadest mix in the city, with the most listings and the most choice. The mix shifts week to week, so let the live listings above show the current reality.
I set Murray's price brackets from the inventory actually listed here, so they track how buyers in Murray really search. Under $500K is exactly the middle of the market bracket: the middle of the market and the broadest slice of the city's inventory.
Under $500K is the lowest price band tracked here, and it sits right at the typical home value. Below it the grid thins to the smallest condos and the homes that need the most work, and those go fast when they list. This bracket is where the broadest, most realistic choice in the city begins.
A well-priced, move-in ready home can go under contract quickly in spring, while anything needing work tends to sit. Pace shifts week to week, so the live listings on this page are the honest read, and a pre-approval in hand is what lets you act instead of watch.
Often, yes. Murray's mid-century ramblers are single-story homes (rambler is the Utah word for it), and they are well represented in the median bracket, on a range of established streets. The single-story homes page filters for them.
A pre-approval letter and a short priority list. The median bracket moves fast in season, and buyers who arrive with those two things sorted are the ones who make offers rather than just watching.