SUMMER DAYS DRIFTING AWAY
One of my favorite posts.
Sellers tend to learn the hard way.
That’s the message of a piece in today’s New York Times, which chronicles the bad decisions that some sellers made when they listed their homes.
Among a few anecdotes, the newspaper quotes a couple who ignored their broker’s advice to ask no more than the prices of houses near their 4,000-sf place in suburban Houston:
You’re emotionally attached, so you think your home is worth more. I had a landscape service and a Sub-Zero refrigerator and an icemaker on every floor, but buyers don’t care, they want deals.
Listed originally for $825,000, the house being sold by Michel and Rick Shanks underwent four price reductions and eventually sold for $605,000 after 10 months on the market.
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