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May 4, 2009 
Ask any RE pro around and they’ll give you a resounding ‘ABSOLUTELY!‘
Whenever this topic comes up, I tend to envision uncut lawns, overly-weathered fences, or driveways that look like used car lots, but a client and friend of mine recently reminded me of another inhibiting factor if you’re selling your home.
Imagine this; you’ve got a $600K+ home for sale and, as your perspective buyers pull up and get out of their car, they hear a ruckus. They look in the direction of the noise and see the next-door neighbors in their front yard; the husband yelling at the wife to control the kids, and the wife running around waving her arms in the air and frantically yelling back at him.
This may or may not seem like a big deal, but who wants to buy a house if they think there’s even a slight possibility they’d be stuck dealing with this kind of stuff on a regular basis?
This actually happened recently and, needless to say, the seller and listing agent lost out on a sale as a result of the neighbors’ nutty display.
In addition, if that house sits on the market unsold, they’ll eventually begin lowering the price to get it sold, which will bring down the neighborhood comps, including the value of the nutty next-door neighbors’ home.
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