What’s critical to buyers and sellers now, and what’s changed over the past year? If you’re in the throes of strategizing for next year, here are a few key demographics, trends and takeaways — plucked from NAR’s 2021 buyer and seller research — broken down for brokers, teams and agents.
Source: Inman News
2022 game plan: 20+ buyer and seller facts to inform your business
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