To ask is not necessarily to get

45 Patterson Avenue has sold for $3.6 million. Appraised value is $3,223,700, but the broker listed it for $5.750 million in January, 2018, and so it sat.

The particular agent who set that price is notorious for completely misjudging the value of her listings, yet she is quite successful. I’ve never understood that.

The only consolation is that the owner sold it direct, so no commission was earned for all this futile effort.