The super-hot real estate market has created a new category of home sellers called the “homeless seller”: homeowners who want to sell but fear they won’t be able to find a home to buy due to the low inventory of homes on the market, leaving them homeless. Here to break down this phenomenon is WINK’s real estate expert, Denny Grimes with Denny Grimes & Company at Keller Williams Realty.
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