More listings are facing price deductions, particularly among the nation’s largest markets.

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January 31, 2019

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More Big-Market Sellers Are Cutting Prices
Homeowners are being forced to get more practical about asking prices.
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To Airbnb or to Not Airbnb?
This might be a question that many of your clients are asking. Pass on these five points to help them make a decision.
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Fed Puts Brakes on Rate Increases
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell used words like “patient” to describe the Fed’s latest approach to increases. His change in tone follows four rate hikes last year.
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Best Places to Buy Based on Occupation
The right job in the right place can do wonders in a person’s quest to save for a down payment and make a solid path toward homeownership, a new study shows.

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With winter setting in, now’s the time to play up your listing’s fireplace as an amenity potential buyers can’t live without. How can you turn this red-hot home feature into a sizzling selling point for your listing? See how home stagers have done it.
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6 Rules for Selling Tenant-Occupied Homes

Tenants know that when a For Sale sign pops up on the property they’re renting, they may need to prepare for disruption to their lives. The potential emotional and physical upheaval that comes with selling tenant-occupied homes makes them much more difficult transactions. Here’s how to navigate them sensitively.
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Meet NAR’s 2019 President, John Smaby

As John Smaby takes the reins as the 111th president of the National Association of REALTORS®, he plans to celebrate the achievements of its membership and ensure the association serves as a model for professionalism.
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