Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Pricing your home to sell in today's market Amy Hoak's Home Economics - MarketWatch

Pricing your home to sell in today's market

Brace yourself for the brutal truth of home values in a post-tax-credit market

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By Amy Hoak, MarketWatch

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- With no federal tax credit to entice buyers, today's home sellers have to get even more serious about making a deal.

That means pricing aggressively -- low enough to compete with foreclosures in some markets. It's a conversation that stings, said Summer Greene, a real-estate agent for a Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate brokerage office in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

"It's like telling them that their children are ugly," she said.

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