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THE HOME
report
Your Salt Lake City Real Estate Expert, Delia Bayna SRES®
October 2026
one small
STEP AT A TIME
October asks less of you than September did. The big fall to-do list is mostly behind you now, and the days getting shorter makes a slower pace feel earned, not lazy.
If a move is somewhere on your mind for next year, this is a month to keep doing what you already started. Small and steady beats one big push.
- Revisit your number. If it has been a few weeks since you checked your home's value, the picture may have shifted. A five minute update beats a stale guess.
- Finish what you started. If August or September gave you a project, close it out now, before the holidays crowd the calendar.
- Protect one hour a week. One hour, one day, kept for sorting or planning, adds up faster than it feels like it should.
around
SALT LAKE
Downtown Farmers Market
Saturdays through October 24 · Pioneer Park |
Gardner Village WitchFest
Through October 31 · Gardner Village, West Jordan |
Kinlands Pumpkin Patch
Through October 25 · Riverton |
FOR THE
pups
Howl-O-Ween Trunk or Treat
Mon, Oct 12, 11 AM to 2 PM · Camp Bow Wow, South Salt Lake · dog and family friendly |
A seasonal reminder: keep chocolate, candy (especially anything with xylitol), and pumpkins with lit candles out of paw's reach this month.
FOR THE
little artists
My Halloween Coloring Contest is here, and everyone can play, grandparents too. Print the page, color it, and send me a photo by Sunday, October 25.
To enter, upload a photo of the finished page at deliabayna.com/coloring-contest.
Three age groups, three Boondocks gift cards. Winners announced Friday, October 30.
No purchase necessary. A parent or guardian enters for anyone under 18. Full rules on my Facebook page.
market
SNAPSHOT
$691,916 Average List Price |
$678,841 Average Sold Price |
56 Average DOM |
900 Number of Sales |
Salt Lake County market data.
Before the holidays
- Book your furnace service now, before the calendar fills up.
- Drain and store hoses once nights dip below freezing.
- Check weatherstripping on exterior doors.
- Test outdoor lighting before the early sunsets arrive.
- Walk the yard for anything that needs putting away for winter.
Tips from my garden
Putting the garden to bed.
- Plant tulip and daffodil bulbs now, before the ground freezes. Pointy end up, about three times as deep as the bulb is tall.
- October is garlic month. Plant cloves now for a harvest next summer.
- Pull spent tomato and squash plants. If a plant was sick, put it in the trash, not the compost.
- Leave a few seed heads standing, like coneflowers and sunflowers. The birds will thank you.
- Give trees and shrubs one last deep soak before the ground freezes, especially evergreens.
- Shred the leaves you rake and spread them on your beds. Free mulch.
Downsizer corner
Finish the room you started.
Whichever room got the keep, donate, let go treatment last month, this is the month to finish it. Not the whole house. Just that one room, all the way through.
If you would like my full room by room checklist, reply to this email and I will send you my Downsizer's Guide.
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Featured Listing
863 North 400 East, American Fork
Single level living, day to day. A ramp beside the front steps.
4 Bedrooms · 3 Bathrooms · 2,429 Sq Ft · .30 Acre
$540,000
Under Contract · Accepting Backup Offers
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