I read this with interest on Al’s Morning Meeting today because I know of several friends who are having trouble selling their homes in this economy.
I thought this might be a solution for them. But as the post makes clear, it’s a complicated process and difficult to pull off. Not impossible though.
Al’s lists several sites that are swap facilitators, such as:
You can also check out permananet swap listings on CraigsList.
The posting ends with a WSJ article detailing the risks involved with this kind of transaction.
2 Comments
June 1, 2009 at 6:26 am
I have just come across your blog and its just great, I really enjoyed this post about house swapping, what a different idea one changing your home and getting a different house, I am not sure that I would do this just strange.
October 1, 2009 at 11:11 am
http://www.homeforswap.com is a friendly home exchange community. You have to register on website to be a member and offer your place for exchange to other member.