New research suugests properties for sale by auction generally achieve slightly higher prices.

Does the method of sale you use determine what price you will get for your house?

New research suggests the answer is maybe.

Australian university researchers Kristle Cortes, Mandeep Singh, David Solomon and Philip Strahan recently produced a paper, How Perception Affects House Prices.

It found that properties that were for sale by auction generally achieved slightly higher prices, about 0.7 percent on average.