Kate Douglas, Author at HousingWire https://www.realtrends.com/blog/author/katedouglas/ Empowering Real Estate Decisions with Trusted Insights. Thu, 13 Mar 2025 02:41:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.realtrends.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2025/03/cropped-RealTrends_bug.png?w=32 Kate Douglas, Author at HousingWire https://www.realtrends.com/blog/author/katedouglas/ 32 32 242052225 NAR: a return to a “much calmer” housing market https://www.realtrends.com/blog/2022/04/29/a-more-normalized-housing-market-is-on-the-horizon-nar/ https://www.realtrends.com/blog/2022/04/29/a-more-normalized-housing-market-is-on-the-horizon-nar/#respond Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:06:40 +0000 https://www.realtrends.com/blog/2022/04/29/a-more-normalized-housing-market-is-on-the-horizon-nar/ Pending home sales declined for the fifth consecutive month and compared to the prior year pending sales fell for the 10th consecutive month, by 8.2%.

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