Selling a house

Last August Jenny and I decided that our house was getting to be a bit small for our family. We decided to put it up for sale and see what the market would bring. The realtor told us that the real estate market was great for buyers but not well for sellers. We believed her. That is exactly what the news was saying everyday, so we had no reason to doubt. When we only got one couple through the house after a month we decided to lower the price. Thinking it was the market, we continued this methodology month after month. After 6 months our realtor's contract was up. We had had maybe 6 showings in that time frame. Also during this time three houses up the street had listed and sold in our asking price range. To the dismay of our realtor, we decided to try another agent after her contract was up on Jan 7th. This new agent came in, looked over the place, said it looked great, and he could have it sold in a short time. We had 8 showings in the first week! Last Saturday (Jan 17th) we accepted an offer.
The lesson we learned from all this is that the realtor really does make a difference when selling a house. Now we start another journey of finding the house that will suit us.