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Properties listed toward the edges of a page in real estate directories tend to sell better than those whose listings are surrounded by more text. The owner of a house that was in a highly sought-after neighborhood and that had been on the market for nine months recently complained to her realtor that it would have been sold already had it appeared more prominently in real estate listings. The only piece of evidence among the answer choices that would fail to support her claim, if true, is that ___________________.

Which of the following best completes the passage?

A: the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers.
B: in the last year, four houses on the same street as this one sold within a month of being listed.
C: real estate listings only give prominent placement to houses that have already attracted potential buyers.
D: potential buyers usually have no particular property in mind, and are inclined to look at those whose listings catch their eye.
E: many houses that have failed to sell for several months sell quickly once they are listed more prominently.

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Properties listed toward the edges of a page in real estate directories tend to sell better than those whose listings are surrounded by more text. The owner of a house that was in a highly sought-after neighborhood and that had been on the market for nine months recently complained to her realtor that it would have been sold already had it appeared more prominently in real estate listings. The only piece of evidence among the answer choices that would fail to support her claim, if true, is that ___________________.

Which of the following best completes the passage?

A: the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers.
B: in the last year, four houses on the same street as this one sold within a month of being listed.
C: real estate listings only give prominent placement to houses that have already attracted potential buyers.
D: potential buyers usually have no particular property in mind, and are inclined to look at those whose listings catch their eye.
E: many houses that have failed to sell for several months sell quickly once they are listed more prominently.

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Okai .. Im not too sure on this one but will go with C.
Here is my explanation:
In general the real estate companies give importance to house that have attracted buyers in past. Why?
because , if the property is already attracting buyers, highlighting them through their agency would make the agency some money and the house for sure will be sold .

Why the rental company dint put the current house in this category ? may be because there is some other problem with the house that dint inspire buyers confidence in the house.

So even if the house owner forces the rental agency to prominently highlight the house in their listings.. there is no or very less chance of the house getting sold.
This surely weakens the conclusion.

Please do post the OE. would be interesting to see
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I think it should be A

"the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers" This is not related to the conclusion that if her house were listed prominently, it would have been sold..
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Properties listed toward the edges of a page in real estate directories tend to sell better than those whose listings are surrounded by more text. The owner of a house that was in a highly sought-after neighborhood and that had been on the market for nine months recently complained to her realtor that it would have been sold already had it appeared more prominently in real estate listings. The only piece of evidence among the answer choices that would fail to support her claim, if true, is that ___________________.

Which of the following best completes the passage?

A: the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers.- house did not sell, even after receiving favorable ratings- shows the importance of listing in directories
B: in the last year, four houses on the same street as this one sold within a month of being listed.- if this were true, then probably this house was more prominently listed
C: real estate listings only give prominent placement to houses that have already attracted potential buyers.- we do not know if this happened with the owner in question- hold
D: potential buyers usually have no particular property in mind, and are inclined to look at those whose listings catch their eye.- supports prominent listing
E: many houses that have failed to sell for several months sell quickly once they are listed more prominently.- supports imp of listing again

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C it is, not sure how I nailed down this one, even though I screwed verbal in Kaplan today.. :-D
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A: the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers.- house did not sell, even after receiving favorable ratings- shows the importance of listing in directories
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True..I missed this one..
C it should be!
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Properties listed toward the edges of a page in real estate directories tend to sell better than those whose listings are surrounded by more text. The owner of a house that was in a highly sought-after neighborhood and that had been on the market for nine months recently complained to her realtor that it would have been sold already had it appeared more prominently in real estate listings. The only piece of evidence among the answer choices that would fail to support her claim, if true, is that ___________________.

Which of the following best completes the passage?

A: the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers.
B: in the last year, four houses on the same street as this one sold within a month of being listed.
C: real estate listings only give prominent placement to houses that have already attracted potential buyers.
D: potential buyers usually have no particular property in mind, and are inclined to look at those whose listings catch their eye.
E: many houses that have failed to sell for several months sell quickly once they are listed more prominently.

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It should be C.

C says the listings give prominent placement to only those those houses that have many potential buyers. This house has not been able to attract many potential buyers. Therefore the house owner's claim is not credible.
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got that one wrong now i got it
but all the answers look equally good for the first time
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sounds like a good lesson in real estate ;)
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I chose A and my reasoning is as follows:

C: real estate listings only give prominent placement to houses that have already attracted potential buyers
=> C states that only houses that have already attracted potential buyers can be listed at a prominent position. It doesn't mean that if a house is moved from a less prominent position to a more prominent one will not attract potential buyers.
IMO, the fact that a house is not allowed to be listed at a prominent position by the real estate can not confirm that the house is not attractive. It, on the contrary, might be a cause that prevents the house from being sold.
So C is rather support the argument.

A: the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers.
=> This shows the house has attracted CONSISTENTLY positive views, but for some reasons which we don't know, the house has not sold. If the house is moved to a prominent position, it can be that because of those reasons, the house will not be sold easily . So A weakens the argument.
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Properties listed toward the edges of a page in real estate directories tend to sell better than those whose listings are surrounded by more text. The owner of a house that was in a highly sought-after neighborhood and that had been on the market for nine months recently complained to her realtor that it would have been sold already had it appeared more prominently in real estate listings. The only piece of evidence among the answer choices that would fail to support her claim, if true, is that ___________________.

1. Properties listed toward the edges --> easy to sell
2. The owner complained: listed is the reason why the house cannot be sold.
--> Conclusion: The owner complain is wrong because:

Which of the following best completes the passage?

A: the house has received consistently favorable ratings and reviews from appraisers.
Wrong. If it has received consistently favorable ratings --> easy to sell
B: in the last year, four houses on the same street as this one sold within a month of being listed.
Wrong. Four houses on the same street is new information.
C: real estate listings only give prominent placement to houses that have already attracted potential buyers.
This is the correct answer.
The house is not attracted --> It was not listed in the edge
D: potential buyers usually have no particular property in mind, and are inclined to look at those whose listings catch their eye.
Wrong. If the house is listed in the edge (catch buyers eye), it can easily to be sold.
E: many houses that have failed to sell for several months sell quickly once they are listed more prominently.
many houses: New information
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