Finding a Real Estate Agent in a Buyer's Market

Finding a Real Estate Agent in a Buyer's Market

In much of the country, house sellers have gone from strutting to sulking. At the rate that homes were resold in October, it would take about seven-and-a-half months to sell all the houses on the market. A year before, there was less than a five-month supply of houses for sale. Buyers now have the advantage, as millions of "for sale" signs rust forlornly in front yards.

"There isn't that stream of buyers like you had a year and a half ago, where people were waiting in line," says Jim Merrion, regional director of RE/MAX Northern Illinois.

For sellers, the cyclical return to a buyer's market means that it's important to choose the right real estate agent.

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