{"id":6423,"date":"2012-02-22T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T18:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfindevelop.wpengine.com\/blog\/?p=6423"},"modified":"2020-10-06T14:36:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:36:59","slug":"2012_the_beginning_of_a_long_bottom_for_housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/news\/2012_the_beginning_of_a_long_bottom_for_housing\/","title":{"rendered":"2012: The Beginning of a Long Bottom for Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve bothered reading the real estate section of just about any newspaper or website, you&#8217;ve probably seen more bottom calls than you can count from various real estate professionals since the housing market totally fell apart in 2008.  So let&#8217;s be up front here.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we are a real estate brokerage.  We make our money by helping people buy and sell homes.<\/p>\n<p>And yes, this is another bottom call.  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