question for a realtor
We will be selling the only home we've owned in the next year and I was wondering if someone could answer a question for me. I know that when realtors are looking to price a house they look at homes nearby to get a selling price. Our area is do different that I wonder how that process will help or hurt selling my home. If you go one way the houses that are on private lots are in an area that has a lot of drug problems, shooting and break ins. If you go the other way there is a very nice and expensive subdivision with a golf course, pool and HOA fees. Up and down our street are subdivisions with the newer cheap houses. Our home is in a quiet area of the street, all homes are owned (not rented) and we have no problems with crime. My home is the newest (10 yrs, old) on the street with a half acre lot and we are not in a subdivision or HOA area. So, does the realtor go by comps only or do they look at the home, surrounding homes and crime?