How close can you get to the selling price of homes from across the country?

Craftsman or colonial? East Coast or West Coast? Maybe the Midwest? A seemingly endless list of variables can impact the price of a house. The Listed game, styled loosely after the hit game Wordle, gives players a picture of a house and has them guess its price, then you get clues as to whether your next guess should be higher or lower. For each guess, the game reveals another piece of information that could help narrow your guess to the correct range. As your students are learning about the process of buying a house in NGPF's mini-unit, test their ability to evaluate real estate listings with Listed!

Questions:

• What factors do you think contribute most to the value of a home?
• Describe different ways in which the location of a property can influence its selling price.
• How can knowing the history of a property's sale price be beneficial when evaluating its current value?
• What are some other costs associated with purchasing a home that might not be included in the listing price?
• In this game, you make an educated guess based on limited information. How does this compare to the real process of determining an offer for a home?

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Listed can be a great bell ringer for NGPF's Buying a House mini-unit!

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About the Author

Ryan Wood

Ryan grew up with and maintains a love for learning. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a degree in Business Administration and worked in sports marketing for a number of years. After living in Texas, Colorado, Tennessee, and Minnesota, the call of education eventually brought Ryan back to his home state of Wisconsin where he was a Business and Marketing teacher for three years. In his free time he likes to spend time with his wife and daughter, play basketball, read, and go fishing. Now with NGPF, Ryan is excited to help teachers lead the most important course their students will ever take.