At one extreme, the market could be populated by a large number of virtually identical sellers and buyers (for example, the market for ballpoint pens). At the other extreme, there might be only one ...

How they work and the pros and cons for buyers and sellers Jean Folger has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer covering real estate, investing, active trading, the economy, and ...

(The yearly figure is not the final tally, as the number from December is a preliminary ... up from 32 days in the previous month. All-cash buyers made up 28% of sales. The share of individual ...

Under the settlement’s terms, negotiations between buyers and sellers ... agreeing that NAR and large brokerages conspired to ...

A narrow spread indicates high liquidity, as buyers and sellers are closer in agreement ... prefer pursuing the arbitrage opportunity of a large bid-ask spread; others may avoid it for the ...

Oftentimes they are filed by sellers who waited too long to list their home or buyers who might have overlooked ... and short-sale transactions when a large number of homes face foreclosure ...

Although the spring home-buying season is several months away, buyers and sellers have some motivation to come off the sidelines. In early September, a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage had an average 6 ...