Well, if the housing market here in Chicago didn't suck so hard, they probably could have pulled out another $50K or so, at least. If this were four years ago, the house would have sold for well over $400K. It kind of sucks for my parents, because they could have gotten so much more. But thankfully the house they've bought in Michigan is just a fraction of the price, so once this place is sold, their new house will be completely paid for with the money and they'll have extra to spare. So that's good.

It's a bad sellers' market, but a great buyers' market, as I've recently discovered. :D