October 31, 2007
Desperate Measures For Desperate Times
Price reductions, help with financing, a few choice pieces of furniture thrown in with the deal… these are all fairly standard ways nowadays to boost your chances of selling your home.
But, according to report today on NPR’s Talk of the Nation program, homeowners are getting even more creative (
read desperate) with their sales techniques.
Some are now tossing in free plasma TVs, jacuzzis, even a car to fill half that two-car garage.
And on the same station yesterday, I heard a snippet about a couple in their fifties who sold their home with the proviso that the buyers could get the $399,000 asking price back when that couple died. A step too far surely?
