Home Sellers Retain High Expectations, As Housing Dynamics Shift

Real estate markets mirrored Americans’ changing realities during an unprecedented 2020-21 period, when the global COVID pandemic impacted daily lives on a large scale. Following the sharp drop in activity during the Spring 2020 quarantines, markets rebounded through the second half of the year, and continued on a hot streak in the first months of 2021, as buyers looking for the safety of a home ran against an extremely limited number of properties for sale.


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