Home sellers can be a prickly group. This is especially true when markets are shifting, like now as sellers lose the edge and the market balances (mid-summer ’25). The trendy label is "accidental landlord", but an accidental landlord is nothing more than a stubborn seller. They don't listen, they know best. Their home is the “exception”; they have the one that all the buyers will flock to. Data? Meh, that’s for the others, not them. They know what the house is worth, just ask them. They are "experts".

With over three decades of full time sales and appraisal experience, I’ve heard some remarkably dumb things from sellers; and by extension, their agents. I’ve witnessed levels of stupidity that make no sense, listening as seemingly educated people…

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Joey sums up the 2025 Greater Atlanta housing market at the half year mark. Q1'25 was a dud, one of the slowest quarters of the last several years. Then April said, "hold my beer", it was one of the quietest months in memory. Fortunately, the market quickly woke up (as the economy settled) and the Atlanta market got back to business in May. 

As we stand right now (Early July 25), we're calling the "Greater Atlanta" real estate market balanced. The market is not going to to crash, prices will be generally stable moving forward, rates likely remain 6%-6.75%, and everyone needs to remember what "balanced" is. For buyers - it's not like post crash fifteen years ago, you are not successful offering 35% under list. For sellers - it's not the '21-'22 buyer…

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