Make sure you compare apples to apples same square footage bedrooms etc.

When you factor in all the bells and whistles put into new homes, larger square footage, media rooms, granite countertops, etc; the average sales prices are much higher.

. • Gross Living Area/Sq Footage - pull comps with the same approximate sq. footage as the subject property.

When I spoke with him..I pointed out that the square footage print was wrong and the $212,000 was a family sale between the owner and his daughter and that I bought the house when no one would after a year of sitting.

Find about 3-5 comps that are around your square footage, in your location, same dwelling type, with low selling prices and write a letter to the assessor (they have a form and you can supplement it with your data).

By sorting by bedrooms only (and approx sq. footage) I can see real quick how much cheaper the lowest priced 2 bedroom is than the average 2 bedroom.So back to pendings....

I'm trading in my cookie cutter 4-year-old 300K house for a 100K older custom home with roughly the same square footage but on half an acre.Yeah, the summers are hot and there's bugs and snakes but the people are super friendly.

It might be B-footage but some stations will take any story they can get their hands on--especially a good investigative muckraking story.

Let me know what you're looking for (3/2, 2/1, sq footage, etc.)

., I don't know if you have the square footage but if you can add an extra bedroom that would be ideal.