Hardest And Easiest Places To Sell A Home – Forbes

As the dismal U.S. housing market slides further downhill--home prices in July posted a 16.3% annual drop--some sellers are unloading their homes to bargain-hunters. But in cities like Seattle, Jacksonville, Fla., and St. Louis--the hardest major cities in which to sell a home--even sellers who have substantially lowered their prices aren't finding it easy to move their houses.

Ken Kamada, General Partner at Kontra Partners, sent me this link to an interesting Forbes article about the hardest and easiest places to sell a home. The article calls out the Seattle area as “harder” place to sell.

As the dismal U.S. housing market slides further downhill–home prices in July posted a 16.3% annual drop–some sellers are unloading their homes to bargain-hunters.

But in cities like Seattle, Jacksonville, Fla., and St. Louis–the hardest major cities in which to sell a home–even sellers who have substantially lowered their prices aren’t finding it easy to move their houses.

READ FULL ARTICLE: http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/01/home-sell-buy-forbeslife-cx_fl_1002homes.html