CNN: 5 slow-market strategies

CNN offers this advice for selling housing units in a slow market. "Sellers are having a harder time getting good prices for their homes. Even in the hottest markets, getting top dollar is a challenge when you don't have 20 buyers battling it out in a bidding war." It offers five basic pieces of advice to selling in a slow market:

• Check your home's "curb appeal."
• Clear the clutter inside
• Don't skimp on look and feel
• Adios Fido ( Clear bad smells , use air freshener"
  
• The right person for the job

Perhaps the 'top dollar' that you expect is no longer realistic in the declining bubble markets. Reducing the price is a great option. Chasing prices downward is a losing strategy.