The American Dream: a little house with a picket fence, a yard just big enough for a dog to stretch its legs, and, of course, the sweet satisfaction of knowing you didn’t pay full price. Yes, for many, buying a home is the ultimate financial milestone. But while some are content to sign on the dotted line, others see the price tag as the opening bid in a high-stakes game.
In a recent survey, Agent Advice asked 3,000 homeowners just how much they managed to whittle off the final sale price of their most recent property purchase. And the results? It emerged that some states are home to a particularly cunning breed of negotiator.
Utah homebuyers managed to wrangle an average discount of $13,245 — that’s a 2.6 percent negotiation off the state’s average home price of Please log in to see the rest of this story.
