You&#39;ll Get More Money for Your House if Your Real Estate
Agent Is PrettyS  A new study concerns some interesting analysis
when it comes to real estate agents, house prices, and the
length of time a property is on the market, reports Marina
Adshade for Big Think. In a paper titled "Broker beauty and
boon: a study of physical attractiveness and its effect on real
estate brokers' income and productivity," published in Applied
Financial Economics, Sean P. Salter, Franklin G. Mixon Jr. and
Ernest W. King found that what the agent looks like matters.
First of all, you don't want a dude:  It turns out having a male
agent is bad for the selling price of a house. Both male listing
agents (those acting on behalf of the seller) and male selling
agents (those acting on behalf of the buyer) are associated with
lower house prices than their female counterparts.  And, what's
more, homes with good-looking agents sold for higher prices:
Being attractive, for both listing and selling agents, is
associated with higher fina