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Are you a doorway or a doormat?
"New home sales plummet."
"Housing industry lowest in 20 years."
"Foreclosure rates skyrocket."
A homeowner reading the newspaper or watching the national news these days wouldn't think they had a chance if they wanted to sell.  On the flip-side, seeing these headlines would make buyers think that it's close to impossible to get a loan given the foreclosure rates and lack of money in the real estate market.   Both buyers and sellers may assume that they should hold off until they start seeing different headlines touting that the real estate market is back and flourishing.
The biggest problem that I've seen in this market shift is that agents are subscribing to this thought process as well, which really surprises me.  Is the market down right now?  Yes.  Does that mean that the entire industry is dried up and there's no more houses being bought and sold? Hardly.
There are specific things about the market that can not be refuted:
Foreclosures have tightened the regulations involved with getting ahome loan. Homes are sitting on the market longer than what we're used to. Home values in SOME -not all- areas, has taken a drop.But there are other things that are still true too:
There are buyers out ... more

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