Question

Because of the housing bubble, many houses are now selling for much less than their selling price just two to three years ago. There is evidence that homeowners with virtually identical houses tend to ask for more if they paid more for the house. What fallacy are they making and why?

Answer 1

Sunk cost fallacy

Step-by-step explanation:

Sunk cost is mostly related to the sunk cost fallacy. This happens when a person or company refuses to change a decision simply due to the fact that they have already put the money down for it even though continuing with such is not the best decision. Such a fallacy has the ability of affecting even the smallest financial decision.

Here people believe they can recover money which they have spent and this is not actually true as sunk costs are not recoverable.