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Compass Market Outlook: 2026 Will Bring the Most Balanced Housing Market in Years
Compass, Inc. (NYSE: COMP), the largest residential real estate brokerage in the United States and a leading tech-enabled real estate services company, releases its first Housing Market Outlook, a forward-looking view of what's ahead for the U.S. market in 2026 and beyond. Developed by Compass Chief Economist Mike Simonsen, the report explains how the market is finally recalibrating after the post-pandemic period, marked by slow home sales and stubbornly high home prices that left many buyers an
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