Homeowners play double jeopardy

Homeowners play double jeopardy

A soft real estate market is leaving some buyers with one house too many

Jan Pelligrini had been searching for her dream home for the better part of two years when she finally found it nestled on a hill in Gloucester.

“When I drove by the house, I thought, `My agent is crazy, this is not a home I would even consider,’ ” she said. But she decided to take a peek inside anyway, just to kill some time while her agent held an open house at her condominium.