Midvale real estate firm to expand into five western states

Equity Real Estate of Midvale is expanding its residential real estate brokerage to Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Washington. Brady Long founded the firm in 2001. Now it has grown into the 47^th largest brokerage in the nation with 961 agents, according to the National Association of Realtors. Long plans to add more than 100 agents to each expansion state by the end of the year. Equity currently has offices in Logan, Clearfield, Midvale and St. George, with a Bountiful location planned to open this summer. The firm has 10 branch brokers in Utah and operates on a fixed price structure. Transaction fees are $499 for Utah and $549 for other states. The Enterprise, July 20-26, 2009