Boring but Important - Radon Awareness

Radon Awareness

Even with your health-conscious routine, you develop lung cancer. Radon gas in your home could be the cause. There is no way you could have known the odorless, tasteless, invisible gas was slowly giving you cancer. It becomes a health risk when it seeps into a home, becomes trapped and accumulates to elevated levels.

20,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the U.S. are radon-related. 12.5% of Utahns surveyed had tested their homes for radon exposure. They found that 30% of Utah homes have high levels of radon.

Should home buyers and sellers test for radon? Absolutely! Testing for radon is easy and inexpensive. Homeowners can purchase do-it-yourself kits through a local home improvement store or through the Utah Department of Environmental Quality at www.radon.utah.gov.

Contributed by Cal Musselman

New Listing in Syracuse!

2003 multi-level with a finished basement at 2063 South Lake Mesa Drive in Syracuse. 3 bedroom, 3 bath on a .14 acre home site. Priced at $196,000.

New Listing in North Salt Lake!

2005 rambler at 1099 W. Haworth in North Salt Lake. 3 bedroom, 2 bath on a .09 acre home site. Priced at $199,870.

Kaysville Home Values Rebound

Your home may be worth more than you think. It seems like the housing funk may be in the rear view mirror. At Discover Realty we have seen an increase in activity on both the buying and selling of homes.  Here's a good example of how things are shaping up. Kaysville home values have increased by 9% over the past two years.

Source: WFRMLS average sales price of a home in Kaysville, UT. Q1 2011 ($254,000) compared to Q1 2013 ($278,000).