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 — but have not seized total control of market dynamics.
Source: Inman News
‘Not a shift, a transition,’ 2 reports say of homebuying market
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