As if listing agents don’t have a hard enough time getting sellers to make a few market-friendly improvements to their home, reports from the construction industry suggest the Trump administration’s tariff policy is going to raise the hurdle even higher.
Source: Inman News
Could tariffs hammer the potential upside of pre-sale renovations?
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