Does a haunting affect a house's value ?

Interesting! I would definately want to know if a house I was buying or even renting has a history of being haunted or strange happenings there. I would definately NOT want to live there!

Here in NZ I think that a supposedly haunted house would go for cheaper. I mean, if it was a family house then I think most parents wouldn't want their kid/s growing up with a resident ghost - they might think it will scare them or disrupt their lives in some way. However I think that if a company/business were going to buy a property then it would be more expensive because especially if they are planning to turn it into a cafe, bed & breakfast etc it may attract tourists if they hear it's haunted...so more profit for them.

Interesting! I would definately want to know if a house I was buying or even renting has a history of being haunted or strange happenings there. I would definately NOT want to live there! Oh come on. Wheres your sense of adventure?

An intelligent consumer would never make such a large purchase without talking to neighbors first. Always ask questions around the neighborhood and visit the area at night. The subject of hauntings should come up in the natural progression of doing this. What if you move into a house and it has one window with a loose lock and a week later someone breaks in and shoots your wife during a robbery? Are you going to sue the former owner fro not disclosing the loose lock? IMO, at least 70% of those homes that are reputed to be haunted are in fact not haunted at all. Most haunting activity takes pla... [More]

In the state of California it is actually a real estate law that requires the Realtor to check into whether there have been reports of haunting by the tenants of the house, and if so, pass it along to their clients. When my wife and I bought our house in Running Springs we had our Realtor go through the spiel about there not being any reports of ghosts in the home, and there was an actual document to sign off regarding it...I asked him if he ever had to let people know that there was a history of hauntings...he told me that it happens quite often, and even his own home is documented as having ... [More]

An intelligent consumer would never make such a large purchase without talking to neighbors first. Always ask questions around the neighborhood and visit the area at night. The subject of hauntings should come up in the natural progression of doing this. What if you move into a house and it has one window with a loose lock and a week later someone breaks in and shoots your wife during a robbery? Are you going to sue the former owner fro not disclosing the loose lock? IMO, at least 70% of those homes that are reputed to be haunted are in fact not haunted at all. Most haunting activity takes pla... [More]

As someone who has been experiencing strange happenings with a rented property, I can say first hand that this was never something I thought could happen in a million years. It's nearly to the point now where we are starting to think about ways to co-exist with the presence, or move. I eventually want to have kids with my wife, but I'm not sure if it will be there.

Oh come on. Wheres your sense of adventure? LOL!!! Not when it comes to otherworldy & other deminsional beings! Hhahah!

LOL!!! Not when it comes to otherworldy & other deminsional beings! Hhahah! Yeah, I totally agree. I try to follow this rule...Never mess with the undead, unless you want them to mess with you back.

Yeah, I totally agree. I try to follow this rule...Never mess with the undead, unless you want them to mess with you back. Yup, exactly!