'Free eggs with purchase': Home listing comes with sunny-side incentive

GERMANTOWN, Tenn. - As a sign of the times and inflation, a home is up for sale in Tennessee and the purchase comes with free eggs!

The backstory:

Realtor Scott Cornett hung the for-sale sign for a 2-bedroom, 2.5-bathroom brick townhouse in Germantown, a suburb of Nashville. 

The current listing price is $595,000. 

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On top of the for-sale sign is a rider that reads "free eggs with purchase." 

What they're saying:

Cornett said he came up with the plan to catch the buyer's eyes. 

So how many eggs would the new owner get?

"It’s all negotiable," he told FOX Television Stations. "How many do you need? Do you need organic? Free range? We got you."

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He's sure other relators have thought of the same concept, given the high price of eggs. 

"We’re in a season where incentives such as the seller contributing to the buyer's closing costs or paying for title expenses, etc are more common," he added. "If eggs help me get this home sold, write it up."

What's next:

As of now, the home is still available. 

Cornett said he added the same rider to another listing in the area.

"My clients said someone mentioned it at the gym," he continued. "If people are stopping and taking photos of it and talking about it at the gym, then it’s doing its job."

‘Eggflation’ continues 

Dig deeper:

U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu outbreaks.

Industry experts were expecting the index to reflect a drop in retail egg prices because wholesale egg prices fell significantly in March. 

Bird flu outbreaks were cited as the major cause of price spikes in January and February after more than 30 million egg-laying chickens were killed to prevent the spread of the disease. Only 2.1 million birds were slaughtered in March and none of them were on egg farms.

Egg prices hit $5.90 in February, one month after setting a record at $4.95 per dozen, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The current housing market 

Home prices are rising more slowly. Mortgage rates remain elevated, but have been mostly easing and could be headed lower if the U.S. economic outlook continues to darken over the Trump administration’s widespread tariffs, which have rattled financial markets and stoked fears of a recession.

Most importantly, the number of homes on the market is up sharply from a year ago.

While the inventory of homes for sale nationally is still low by historical standards, active listings — a tally that encompasses all homes on the market except those pending a finalized sale — surged 28.5% last month from a year earlier, according to data from Realtor.com. Listings jumped between 44% and 68% in many large metro areas, including San Diego, Las Vegas, Atlanta and Washington D.C.

The U.S. housing market has been in a sales slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell last year to their lowest level in nearly 30 years. Easing mortgage rates and more homes on the market nationally helped drive sales higher in February from the previous month, though they were down year-over-year.

Despite some buyer-friendly trends, the housing market remains largely out of reach for many Americans, especially first-time buyers who don’t have home equity gains to put toward a new home. While home price growth has been slowing, the decline is negligible against the 47% gain in prices over the last five years.

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