Haunted House Prices

Columnist Broderick Perkins at RealtyTimes.com brings us this interesting article on the effects of ghostly superstition on real estate prices. Due to a fear of spirits going bump in the night, home sellers are required by law to disclose whether someone has died in their house. The insanity here runs deep. Aside from the fact that ghosts only exist on fudged voting records, doesn't it seem a little naive to assume a wandering soul couldn't wander into the house next door? Who's to say the specter of a deceased loved one is tied to its corporeal home for all eternity? If it were me, I'd want to haunt a place with hardwood floors and a nice Jacuzzi. The height of absurdity comes, however, from the law stating that deaths due to AIDS don't have to be disclosed. Since AIDS is federally classified as a disability, it's considered discriminatory to require the disclosure of an AIDS-related death. Our legal system seems to be haunted by silliness.