there's nothing in the law that says you have to list your home....people who aren't really in a "must sell" situation are always evaluating the market. but I know this - if you're an owner, and you're trying to sell, what makes you think that the MLS is "withholding" your listing?? Sorry, I don't buy it. if i was trying to sell, I'm up on MLS. Period.
now can a real estate agent call people or otherwise solicit people to sell? happens all the time. I get stuff in the mail every other day. emails. but convincing someone that "hey I have a buyer and they are hot for a house like yours so please let's list it now" is not the same as some conspiracy about withholding listings to artificially raise prices. I don't think the home market is that unified. Reality is this - there is a lot of pent-up demand to move due to COVID. COVID also drove up construction material costs so relatively fewer new homes are being built which makes existing homes relatively more valuable. and there is a big demand of people who want to move to Florida for tax reasons, weather reasons, political reasons. super low interest rates (for now).
Supply and demand. I think I heard about that in college...I dunno
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