benicke's house has been on the market in roanoke for over 3 months. "we have one of the nicer homes in our area here and i anticipated a quick sale. should have" benicke says she tried to make the house look attractive as possible for potential buyers. then after that didn't work, she lowered the asking price. "it's been up and down you know. we get somebody coming to look at it. it;s really exciting. i'm crossing my fingers and the alot of the times recently i'm not getting any feedback whatsoever" after all the trouble, benicke remains optimistic. she's says she's learned more about being a homeowner while selling than she did when she was buying. "in the end i really think that it just comes down person and whether they need or not" according to he multiple listing service of the roanoke valley, the average price of a home sold las year was 197 thousand dollars. that's up more nearly 22-thousand dollars from the 20- 11 average. noell saunders, wdbj7. two companies in our hometowns have made the list for 2016 best places to work in virginia. scott i