As mentioned earlier, do your own due diligence and find out what’s going on in your local Real Estate market.

Search online, look through newspapers, read local RE magazines and talk to people so that you can begin to understand the true value of your home.

Any Real Estate agent worth their salt will prepare relevant market background information for you to consider. These reports should consider the normal factors of your house with like comparisons to other homes in the area. From this data, the agent should be able to offer an expected selling price for your home.

Once you have accumulated all of the facts, at the end of the day, you need to decide what price to ask.

Not the agent. If they don’t like your approach or suggestions, then cut them loose and find another to work with. Best yet, see some of the gems in Selling Your Home Alone.