Is it a buyer’s or a seller’s market?  The debate has raged on for months, and the battle out on the lines looks to be getting uglier.

There’s this from Kent Gagon, a realtor from Gilbert, AZ- NOW is the time to buy, with builders offering HUGE incentives on spec homes (including pools, money towards upgrades, gift certificates to furniture stores or new cars,) and resale sellers negotiating there may not be a better time than now to make your move.

Steve Larrimore, a Wilmington, DE realtor has a different view- While some are yelling “Buyer’s market!” like a battle cry, a market rarely goes from a sellers market to a buyers market without at least a stop in the balanced-market area, which is where we are or are approaching now. There is also no reason to expect that we will even go to a buyer’s market.

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