The typical Pleasant View home is valued right around $650,000, so over $1M is the high end of the market, the top of the price ladder. This is custom builds, view estates, and the largest lots on the Ben Lomond bench, fed live from the MLS and priced high to low.
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Over $1M is the high end of Pleasant View.
Here is the frame: with the typical Pleasant View home valued right around $593,400 (U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024), over $1M is the top of the market, a small and distinct slice that runs on its own clock. These are not larger versions of mid-market homes. They are custom builds, view estates on the upper Ben Lomond bench, and the largest lots in the city, and they trade slowly and on their own terms.
What lives here is Pleasant View's bespoke inventory: architect-touched custom homes with finished lower levels and designed kitchens, upper-bench estates where the Ben Lomond and valley views carry much of the value, and the larger parcels where the land and the setting do as much work as the structure. Inventory is genuinely thin by nature, so the right home is found by watching patiently rather than choosing from a crowded shelf.
This is the most patient, comp-driven end of the market. Fewer buyers compete and homes can sit for months, which is normal at the top, not a warning sign. The bench due-diligence questions are the most pronounced here: slope, cut-and-fill, stormwater drainage, geologic-hazard and wildland-urban-interface mapping, and a parcel-by-parcel water review. A standing pre-approval or proof of funds keeps you ready to act when a genuine fit appears.
The ceiling: There is no rung above this one. Over $1M is the top of the Pleasant View ladder, so the differences here are about architecture, view, land, and the bench position you cannot replicate.
One rung down:under $1M is the upper market, executive homes and the mid-to-upper bench, with more inventory and a faster pace than the custom and estate tier on this page.
Either way: The bracket is a search filter, not a verdict. Share what the home has to do, whether that is a view, a custom build, or a specific bench position, and the local partner agent will say where it actually lives.
Typical home value (all of Pleasant View)~$593,400U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024, verify annually
What this page coversThe high end of the marketLocal MLS, verify quarterly
Busiest competitionLate spring into summerLocal MLS pattern
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What the money buys
Over $1M comes in three shapes.
The high end of the Pleasant View market is small and distinct, but it still sorts into three kinds of property. Each is bought for a different reason, whether architecture, view, or land, and knowing which focuses a thin, patient market.
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Custom and architect-touched homes
Bespoke builds with designed kitchens, finished lower levels, and a level of detail that separates them from the standard subdivision product. These are the city's one-of-a-kind homes, and the full bench due-diligence stack applies wherever they sit on the hillside.
The trade: a longer search and a patient timeline in exchange for a custom home built to a specific vision.
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Upper-bench view estates
The highest bench positions in Pleasant View, where Ben Lomond fills the eastern view and the valley and Great Salt Lake spread west. View and setting carry the majority of the price. The due-diligence burden, slope, drainage, geologic-hazard, wildland-urban-interface, and water, is at its most detailed here.
The trade: thorough site due diligence and the most patience of any Pleasant View bracket in exchange for an outlook you cannot add to a lesser property.
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Large-lot and estate parcels
The largest lots in the city, where land, privacy, and space outside the walls do as much of the work as the home itself. These can sit at various elevations and ask a parcel-by-parcel review of water, drainage, and access.
The trade: a careful title and parcel review in exchange for land and privacy that the standard market does not offer.
Inventory at the top is thin and turns over slowly, so any given week may show only a handful of active properties. The live grid below shows what is real right now. Browse the Pleasant View guide for the full city picture.
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How the rungs trade.
The two brackets below buy a different kind of home, not a smaller version of these. Here is the honest, list-price read on what changes as you reach the top. The right column is this page.
How Pleasant View homes compare across the under $750k, under $1m, and over $1m price brackets.
The broadest mix: established plus newer subdivision homes
Larger newer builds, mid-bench views, premium established homes
Custom builds, view estates, the largest bench lots
What you usually give up
Size, view, and the highest finishes
The strongest views, executive finish, and the largest lots
Time, mostly: the high end trades slowly
What you usually gain
The most listings and the widest choice
Bigger homes, real bench views, higher-end finishes
Full custom homes, the best views, the largest parcels
Where it tends to land you
Valley floor and lower-bench established neighborhoods
Mid-bench neighborhoods and the larger newer streets
The highest bench and the estate-level parcels
How the competition feels
The busiest bracket in town
Calmer, with fewer rivals
Slow and selective, found by watching
The rung is a starting filter, not a verdict. At the top, the right home comes down to architecture, view, and land. Share what matters most and the local partner agent will say where to watch.
Priced high to low
The listings over $1M.
Fed straight from the local MLS with a floor of $1,000,000: new high-end Pleasant View listings appear here as they list, and sold homes drop off. Use the on-grid filters to raise the floor further or narrow by beds, baths, or type.
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
How to move at the high end.
The high end rewards patience and a thorough property review over speed. With thin inventory and scarce comparables, the work is watching the market, doing the full bench due diligence, and knowing value when it lists.
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Line up proof of funds or pre-approval
At the top, sellers expect a serious, ready buyer. A current pre-approval letter or proof of funds keeps you credible when a genuine fit appears.
2
Name what the property must do
A custom build, a specific bench position and view, or a large lot. At this level the home is bought for one or two defining features, so naming them keeps a long search focused.
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Get on first-look alerts
High-end homes in Pleasant View list infrequently and are found by watching, not by browsing. A local partner agent watching on your behalf means you hear about the rare fit the day it appears.
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Run the full Pleasant View bench review
At the high end, the bench due-diligence questions are at their most detailed. Slope, cut-and-fill, stormwater drainage, geologic-hazard and wildland-urban-interface mapping, and parcel-by-parcel water review, city culinary versus Bona Vista WID and any secondary irrigation, all belong in the contract before you close. Walk the full buying process and the art of the offer whenever you want the detail.
Shopping the high end, where the right home is found by watching?
The top of the Pleasant View market is thin, patient, and one-of-a-kind. Share what the property has to do, whether that is a custom build, a specific view, or a large bench lot, and a local partner agent will watch the market with you and run the full site review before you offer.
Selling a Pleasant View home over $1M? The buyers reading this page are searching for exactly what you have. List it with the local partner agent featured for Pleasant View and it gets featured across MovingUtah, on the pages they are already reading. Referrals to a partner agent may involve a referral fee, always disclosed up front.
The high end: architect-touched custom homes with designed kitchens and finished lower levels, upper-bench view estates where Ben Lomond and the valley outlook carry much of the value, and the largest lots in the city. These are bespoke properties, not larger mid-market homes. Inventory is thin, so let the live listings above show what is on the market right now.
It is small, distinct, and slow. Over $1M is the top of the ladder, where custom builds, view estates, and the Ben Lomond bench set the price and true comparables are scarce.
The under $1M page is the upper market, executive homes and the mid-to-upper bench, with more inventory and a faster pace than the custom and estate tier on this page.
Often months, and that is the normal rhythm at the top rather than a warning sign. Fewer buyers compete and each property is judged on its own merits, since true comparables are scarce. This page sorts high to low by price so you catch a rare fit near the top.
Yes. Some high-end Pleasant View homes are ramblers, the Utah word for single-story living, including custom upper-bench builds, frequently with a finished lower level and a main-floor primary suite. The single-story homes page filters for them.
A current pre-approval letter or proof of funds, and a clear sense of the one or two features that define the home for you, custom architecture, a specific view, or a large lot. Also come prepared with a working knowledge of Pleasant View's bench due-diligence requirements: slope, drainage, geologic-hazard mapping, wildland-urban-interface, and water arrangement are all part of the story on upper-bench properties.