REALTORS® Help Consumers Make Smart Back-to-School Home Shopping Decisions

In some school districts across the country, kids are already heading back to school after the summer break. While households with children commonly choose to buy a home in the late spring to get settled in before the new school season starts, rising home prices and a lack of homes for sale may mean more families have been forced to continue their house hunt into fall.
“In a fast moving market with fewer homes for sale and rising prices, more buyers find themselves in need of a real e