{"id":5999,"date":"2025-10-17T04:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2025-10-17T06:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T13:32:58","slug":"how-to-sell-a-haunted-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/how-to-sell-a-haunted-house\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Sell a Haunted House Like Any Other Home on the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wondered how to sell a haunted house? Believe it or not, that sale isn\u2019t as doomed as you might think.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that Americans love the cheap thrill of gut-wrenching fear. Every year, hordes of Halloween enthusiasts lock arms and flock to their local house of horrors. These zombie-obsessed adrenaline junkies happily pay for a good scare, fueling a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americahaunts.com\/ah\/facts\/\">$300 million haunted attractions industry<\/a>. Not surprisingly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/over-half-of-americans-would-buy-a-haunted-home--if-the-price-was-right-302582945.html\">more than half of prospective homebuyers<\/a> would buy a haunted house.<\/p>\n<p>Ask top real estate agents who\u2019ve sold homes with the worst stigmas and rumors attached, and they say that selling a \u201chaunted\u201d house often lacks the drama, mystery, and fable of those manufactured fright nights. And you\u2019d think the agents would want to play up the mystery and the folklore to attract more buyer attention.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not always the right move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"geo-cta widget-cta widget-cta--content     widget-cta--dark widget-cta--dark-blue-gradient\">\n    <div class=\"widget-element--content\">\n        <div class=\"widget-element--content-header\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"homelight logo\" class=\"widget-element--logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/wp-content\/themes\/ccprototypev5\/images\/logo-small-cta.png\" width=\"106\" height=\"25\" \/>\n        <\/div>\n        \n                <h3 class=\"cta-headline widget--bold\">Step one: Talk to an expert!<\/h3>\n                        <p>Selling your house soon? Connect with a top agent near you to get an expert opinion on how much your house will sell for, what to fix before listing, and the latest local housing market trends.<\/p>\n        \n                <div class=\"widget-element--buttons\">\n            <a data-type=\"In Content CTA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/find-agent\/quiz\/seller?#\/qaas=0\/\" class=\"cta-click-track widget-element--button\">Learn More<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We chatted with the real estate agent who sold the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/la\/article\/no-one-wants-live-in-california-mansion-19429677.php\">Los Feliz Murder House in Los Angeles<\/a>, analyzed dozens of marketing materials and press around real-life haunted house sales, and looked up real estate disclosure laws around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homelight.com\/blog\/what-is-a-stigmatized-property\/\">stigmatized homes<\/a> in all 50 states.<\/p>\n<p>What we found surprised us: If you want to sell a haunted house or a house tainted by murder stories, treat it like a matter-of-fact business deal, and the whole ordeal won\u2019t be as scary as you think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agent who sold LA\u2019s famous murder house dishes on how to sell a haunted house. 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