64% of home sellers think real estate agents value profits over their clients’ best interests.

What does a real estate agent do? Sellers think they’re less necessary than 2024 🤔 Although nearly two-thirds of home sellers (63%) believe real estate agents are inherently necessary to the sale process, that’s down 10 percentage points from 2024. For homebuyers, sellers, and those in the real estate industry, 2024 was a tumultuous year. …

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Sellers panic nationwide….

Housing Analyst, Lance Lambert shares real-time data on the current housing market. 6.1 million Americans are behind on their mortgage. FHA delinquencies just hit 11.03% — the highest in years. pic.twitter.com/hKoCpZgtQ0 — Michael Burry Stock Tracker ♟ (@burrytracker) March 29, 2025

This is an oversold rally & not a data driven one – one of the worst UMich reports on record – stagflationista galore.

Despite a nearly 3% rise and a big green candle, sellers dominated, as shown by the delta. This is an oversold rally & not a data driven one – one of the worst UMich reports on record – stagflationista galore. Technicals were at COVID crash bad and now resetting. pic.twitter.com/5NNqBljqSs — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) March …

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Short sellers are giving up

Short sellers are waving the white flag, signaling the market’s strength—yet, it’s hard to ignore the overvaluation. With short interest plummeting to levels not seen in years, it’s clear the bears are backing down. But, this is a dangerous game. How long can these inflated prices hold before reality hits? The risk is too high, …

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Reality setting in for Florida home sellers?

Reality setting in for Florida home sellers? pic.twitter.com/ACJQT8kswP — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) December 22, 2024 Local home prices are falling year-over-year in 7 of the nation's 50 largest metro area housing markets Austin, TX San Antonio, TXTampa, FL New Orleans, LAJacksonville, FLDallas, TXPhoenix, AZ pic.twitter.com/hPIU80gXW1 — ResiClub 🏡📊 (@ResidentialClub) December 22, 2024

The housing market is frozen. No buyers, no sellers, as prices aren’t agreed on. Annual income needed to buy a house reaches a 125-year record high.

Yup. So the housing markets just sits here and does nothing. No buyers no sellers because they can’t agree on an affordable price https://t.co/UFEektfCKe — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) December 12, 2024 Annual income needed to buy a house over last 125 years. pic.twitter.com/RD57b008BQ — Nick Gerli (@nickgerli1) December 12, 2024

Tide is Turning… Buyers are gaining the upper hand in the housing market as a top real estate CEO warns sellers about high asking prices: ‘The sharks come out, and it will hurt you even more’

The U.S. housing market is now tilting in favor of buyers, who are pushing back against the high home prices that sellers are demanding, according to Compass cofounder and CEO Robert Reffkin. He told CNBC on Wednesday that 30% of the inventory on the market has seen a price drop, which is more than anytime …

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“Short sellers are in danger of extinction after crushing stock gains,” per Bloommberg:

Short sellers are facing significant challenges amid a historic equity rally. Regulatory pressures and retail traders squeezing stocks, such as GameStop Corp, have intensified the situation. Many short sellers are now opting to exit their positions rather than continuing to fight the market trends. Bloomberg’s Denitsa Tsekova discussed this phenomenon on “Bloomberg Markets”  "Short sellers …

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Capital-Gains Tax Hits More Home Sellers – The $500,000 exemption for home sales hasn’t changed since 1997

Selling a home is now so profitable that many more Americans are getting hit with an unexpected tax bill. Roughly 8% of 2023 home sales brought windfalls over the $500,000 limit for couples to be exempt from capital-gains taxes, more than double the share in 2019, according to CoreLogic, a real-estate data firm. More sellers …

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Goin’ Down! Recent Homeowners Lose Over $200 Per Day In Property Value (San Francisco Sellers Reported Biggest Losses, Memphis TN Leads In % Losses)

by confoundedinterest17 The US housing market is goin’ down! While the Case-Shiller National home price index is rising again, it has been slowing since March 2022. This is happening as “the honey pot” (aka, M2 Money printing) growth is now negative. While real hourly compensation growth is slightly, the average rate of growth since April …

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NVDA short sellers bleed almost $10 Billion in 2023 as AI boom continues

by rightlibcapitalist NVDA rallied this year and as expected, short sellers lost shit ton of money. Here’s the summary: According to financial data firm S3 Partners, short sellers of Nvidia Corp have experienced substantial losses this year, amounting to more than $8 billion, as the company’s stock surged over 180% in 2023. The remarkable performance …

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