The Brief

PHOENIX - If you're house hunting, you might have noticed a lot of sellers pulling their homes from the market. A rise in de-listings means many sellers are backing out.

It takes a lot to list your house for sale. You've got to clean it, take photos, then keep it clean, yo be ready at any moment for a buyer wanting to take a tour.

So with all that stress, why are so many backing out of selling their house?

Local perspective:

Earlier this year, Rick Wertheim tried to sell his rental home in Phoenix.

"We were not getting a lot of nibbles," Wertheim said. "We had, if I’m not mistaken, in three months we had zero offers."

His home wasn't staged like some other listings in Phoenix, so with no offers, he pulled back.

"We thought the market was a lot stronger than it was," Wer

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