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Beyond pre-approval: How to bulletproof your buyer in a competitive market

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Lending expert Sofia Nadjibi offers insight for creating stronger buyer offers and greater negotiating leverage. Continue reading →

Sellers outnumber buyers as home prices barely inch up

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There were roughly 47 percent more homesellers than buyers in the market in December as home prices ticked up by just 2.2 percent year over year, according to new data from Redfin. Continue reading →

Will the ‘vibecession’ end in 2026? Economist Jeff Tucker thinks so

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Windermere’s Jeff Tucker explains why 2025 was a “remarkably stable” year and what can be done to improve consumer and agent sentiment going into 2026. Continue reading →

Delistings and discounts jump as holiday season approaches

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Early fall numbers are in, reflecting a proliferation of stale listings, delistings and deep discounts to get sellers to the closing table. Continue reading →

October brought the strongest buyer’s market in 12 years: Redfin

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The number of homesellers exceeded homebuyers by a record 36.8 percent in October, which is the largest divide between the two groups since at least 2013, Redfin reported on Wednesday. Continue reading →

Zillow released its price forecast for hundreds of US markets. What will happen near you?

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The real estate portal giant expects a chill on prices to spread through markets across the country over the next year, with pockets of strong price growth in the red-hot Midwest and Northeast. Continue reading →

More than half of metros stray from ‘balanced’ housing market

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The housing market is seeing signs of balance, but dig deeper, and the picture looks far from uniform. Here’s how to explain it to clients. Continue reading →

‘Not a shift, a transition,’ 2 reports say of homebuying market

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Is it a buyers’ market or not? In separate market reports published on Thursday, Redfin and Realtor.com aimed to answer the question by looking at home price, home sales and inventory trends, which signal that homebuyers are gaining the upper hand — bu… Continue reading →

Here are the markets where homebuyers have the upper hand

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Realtor.com’s August market report revealed the emergence of a balanced market, with pockets of dominance for buyers in the Southeast and West. However, economic headwinds are suppressing sales, with contract signings and delistings rising annually dur… Continue reading →

How to nail the price reduction conversation with homesellers

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Coach Verl Workman outlines how to fix what real estate agents say when the home isn’t selling and what the homeowner hears when the agent speaks. Continue reading →