I've been careful over the years to educate you, my dear reader, about the perils of listening to any sort of real estate news that is not rooted in a local source. While you may read or hear things about the market, nothing is more true than what is happening on your street, in your neighborhood, or in your town.
National trend headlines are just that; a massive pool of buyers and sellers across a handful of cities intended to sell magazines and clicks on a website. Don't buy the hype.
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