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Yesterday while I was doing something in the kitchen, I overheard a person on TV say that right after the break they would give us a report on the housing market. Then the pretty lady added that they would tell us a "sure-fire way to sell your home in any market." This, of course, was their hook to keep people from wandering off too far during the commercials. 

When the report came back on, they talked about how home prices overall fell during 2009 from the previous year, although certain markets have seen a slight increase.  Not really news so far.  Then they had some interesting information about what buyers are looking for:  Smaller homes with open living areas.  People have less money to spend, so smaller homes are more in demand.  Also, because of having less money they are spending more time at home so they want houses with open living areas better suited for entertaining.  That's interesting, but not real useful if you have a house you are trying to sell that doesn't fit that description.

Then came the part millions of viewers/sellers were waiting to hear.  It kills me how these "news" channels are always making news out of stuff that isn't.  I am also amused by how they take something that is just common sense and present it as a newly discovered vein in the mine of knowledge. Perhaps in this case the added hype was a good thing, because there are still a lot of people out there who need to hear this. Although I already knew what they were going to say, I wanted to hear them say it, anyway.  The "sure-fire way to sell your home in any market" is to price it properly.