kate nooner is a brain researcher. no question, this couple is smart.st move of late. >> tell me about the advice you got for staging. >> reporter: putting their home on the market for 10% less than they paid for it. >> look at this, these are the brokers that viewed this house. >> over 92. >> the nooners have exciting new jobs in north carolina. they don't have much time to pack up and move, so they priced their home to sell quickly. >> definitely a pretty bitter pill to swallow as we were making this decision. >> it may not be easy, but selling at a loss gives something valuable in return. piece of mind. robbi ludwig says life can't wait for the housing market to improve. >> we are in an economy, a housing market, where 5% to 10% loss is a good thing in the end. we live in different economic times. to measure things against an old economy doesn't make sense and isn't appropriate. >> reporter: the first spring selling season in years that hasn't been, well, miserable. housing affordability is the best in 40 years, relentless price declines are slowing

. >> reporter: scott nooner is a geow physicist, kate nooner is a brain researcher.viest move of late -- tell me the best advice you got about staging. putting their home on the market for 10 percent less than they paid for it. >> this is how many brokers came through this house. >> 92 different brokers in there. >> reporter: some must be repeat. >> there are over 100 with repeats. >> reporter: they have exciting new jobs in north carolina. they don't have much time to pack up and move, so they priced their home to sell quickly. >> it was definitely is pretty bitter pill to swallow as we were making this decision. >> reporter: it may not be easy but selling at a loss gives something valuable in return, peace of mind. psychotherapist robi ludwig says life can't wait for the housing market to improve. >> we are in a housing market where a 5% or 10% loss is actually a good thing really in the end. >> we live in different economic times, and so to measure things against an old economy doesn't really make any sense and isn't appropriate. >> right. >> reporter: it's first

. >> reporter: scott nooner is a neo-physicist, kate is a brain researcher.tion this couple is smart. their savviest move of late -- >> tell me the best job you got for staging. >> reporter: putting their home on the market for 10% less than they paid for it. >> look at this. that's how many brokers came through the house. >> 92 different brokers. >> over 100 were repeat. >> the nooners have exciting new jobs in south carolina. they don't have much time to move so they priced their home quickly. >> definitely a pretty bitter pill to swallow as we were making this decision. >> it may not be easy. selling at a loss gives something valuable in return, peace of mind. life can't wait for the housing market to improve. >> we are in an economy, housing market where a 5 or 10% loss is a good thing in the end. >> we love in different economic times. so to measure things against an old economy doesn't make sense and isn't appropriate. >> the first spring selling season in years that hasn't been miserable. housing affordability is the best in 50 years, relentless price