Anonymous wrote:A family friend's house was back in October. The poster disclosed basement water issues and it's still sitting on the market. It's been on the market since July.

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Anonymous wrote:A nice condo we had previously owned was discussed a few times when it was relisted asking why it was not selling. We loved that place and thought about renting it (instead of selling), but we were afraid it would be rented by roommates and not families since it was in a popular area and had 3 beds and 3 baths.

The most sensible justification we saw for it sitting and not selling was that it was priced near the cost of a decent, but small, single-family home, but had over $1,000 in condo fees. Most with that financial profile would be looking for a house, and not a condo - so a smaller market of buyers.

Did it eventually sell? And did it sell at list price?

Anonymous wrote:A nice condo we had previously owned was discussed a few times when it was relisted asking why it was not selling. We loved that place and thought about renting it (instead of selling), but we were afraid it would be rented by roommates and not families since it was in a popular area and had 3 beds and 3 baths.

The most sensible justification we saw for it sitting and not selling was that it was priced near the cost of a decent, but small, single-family home, but had over $1,000 in condo fees. Most with that financial profile would be looking for a house, and not a condo - so a smaller market of buyers.

Anonymous wrote:Yep! It’s how I found our current house actually. People liked it, and a complaint someone had was valid (but not a problem to us).

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Anonymous wrote:Yes when we sold our cute little house in Bethesda last year someone started a thread on it (I suspect it was our realtor because the initial post was very complimentary). Then the usual posters jumped right in to rip our house to shreds, then the pendulum swung back and other PPs weighed in on how nice it was. We sold it too soon! We listed it right before the boom and sold it for $900k, it would probably get $1.2 today. Sigh.

On the bright side though, you probably also bought low. Whatever you purchased has likely also appreciated quite a bit, I would assume.

I bet it must have been hard to read some of the negative comments at the end of the day our home is our sanctuary...even if it's quirky or outdated or whatever to someone else.

DCUM has such awful taste that anything negative they said about my house I'd take as a compliment. You could post Fallingwater and they'd call it a dated teardown s*itshack with too much airplane noise and suggest you build a hideous McMansion right up to the property line so every family member can have 3,000 square feet and they never have to interact with their horrible spouse and spoiled children.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, my house was one of the "rejected" houses on House Hunters DC and someone made a post about the episode.

I love that show and I am so happy to see new episodes! I generally think the rejected houses are better than the house the people chose.

Was your house a legitimate 'for sale' or was it borrowed for an episode? Either way, thank you for being part of the process so the rest of us got a half hour of joy watching the show!

So my house was for sale, but the way the show works is that the "buyers" have already bought their home, then they show them 2 other houses actually on the market for them to "reject." My house was FAR better than the one the buyer "chose" but admittedly the selected one was in a better location.

Interestingly enough they didn't even tell me they were using our house. We showed up the morning of closing to take a last inspection and were shocked to find the house full of camera crews.

I would be so, so pissed about this. There would be nothing you could do and it sucks to have your house on TV.
Holy cow. That WOULD have been a surprise!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes when we sold our cute little house in Bethesda last year someone started a thread on it (I suspect it was our realtor because the initial post was very complimentary). Then the usual posters jumped right in to rip our house to shreds, then the pendulum swung back and other PPs weighed in on how nice it was. We sold it too soon! We listed it right before the boom and sold it for $900k, it would probably get $1.2 today. Sigh.

On the bright side though, you probably also bought low. Whatever you purchased has likely also appreciated quite a bit, I would assume.

I bet it must have been hard to read some of the negative comments at the end of the day our home is our sanctuary...even if it's quirky or outdated or whatever to someone else.

DCUM has such awful taste that anything negative they said about my house I'd take as a compliment. You could post Fallingwater and they'd call it a dated teardown s*itshack with too much airplane noise and suggest you build a hideous McMansion right up to the property line so every family member can have 3,000 square feet and they never have to interact with their horrible spouse and spoiled children.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, my house was one of the "rejected" houses on House Hunters DC and someone made a post about the episode.

I love that show and I am so happy to see new episodes! I generally think the rejected houses are better than the house the people chose.

Was your house a legitimate 'for sale' or was it borrowed for an episode? Either way, thank you for being part of the process so the rest of us got a half hour of joy watching the show!

So my house was for sale, but the way the show works is that the "buyers" have already bought their home, then they show them 2 other houses actually on the market for them to "reject." My house was FAR better than the one the buyer "chose" but admittedly the selected one was in a better location.

Interestingly enough they didn't even tell me they were using our house. We showed up the morning of closing to take a last inspection and were shocked to find the house full of camera crews.

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Anonymous wrote:Someone else made a thread about a unique house on the market, while it was pending with me as the buyer. It got mixed reviews.

The inspection turned up so many major issues that we backed out. They took it off the market, fixed nothing, and then relisted it for a higher price 2 months later, at which point it sold to a naive, dumb "entrepreneur" who probably couldn't afford it and definitely couldn't afford the necessary repairs.

I'm not sure what happened after that, but the house seems to be empty and neglected now. The whole thing makes me sad, because I'd envisioned a future in that house. But ultimately I bought nearby and love my house.

geometric dome?