Americans buy existing homes at fastest pace in a decade

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9. It's still location, location, location.

We got a fairly good price for a house we owned in NE Pennsylvania when we sold it last year, but it wasn't as much as the husband wanted. The realtor told us that we were competing against almost three thousand homes for sale in that county alone, including homes that had been foreclosed years ago when the housing market crashed and were just now coming on the market. Local conditions always determine how quickly and for how much a home will sell.

No matter the national trends, around here in Windsor County, Vermont, realtors are giving talks about how to sell your home in a tough market, because there are so few buyers. The husband and I are staying put, because we love where we live.