WSJ Marketwatch: Houses With Wood Floors Sell Better

A Wall Street Journal Marketwatch column recently advised readers looking to sell their homes to rip up any carpet covering hardwood floors and, further, consider installing wood floors if there are none.

"A majority of home buyers in the marketplace are looking for, or expecting to find, hardwood floors," Leslie Piper, a San Francisco-based real-estate agent and Realtor.com consumer housing specialists, told Marketwatch.

Bonus: NWFA COO Anita Howard was interviewed for the column.