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Determined Buyer Looks at 298 Homes Before Making Her Decision

  • December 29th 2009

by Mark Wellborn

Determined Buyer Looks at 298 Homes Before Making Her Decision: Figure 1

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting piece today on a northern California homebuyer who gives new meaning to the term “picky.” Lidia Pringle’s search for a new home lasted two and a half years, a period during which she saw 298 properties. The article notes that most homebuyers look at 8 to 10 homes before making their decision, according to the National Association of Realtors. Pringle’s search went on for a little bit longer.

From the WSJ:

Collecting flyers along the way, she amassed enough data to fill a two-by-three-foot box. She looked at so many homes that real-estate brokers would sometimes ask for her opinion on new listings they hadn’t yet seen themselves.

Pringle finally made her decision (certainly to the relief of her real estate agent): a “salmon-colored Tuscan-style home” in Tiburon just to the north of San Francisco. The home, originally priced at $9 million, sold to Pringle in September for $5.9 million. Now the question is: How long will she take to decorate it?

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/determined_buyer_looks_at_298_homes_before_making_her_decision/1638.

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