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Why You Can’t Compare Now to the ‘Unicorn’ Years of the Housing Market [INFOGRAPHIC]

foreclosure June 8, 2023

A white unicorn rears in front of a blue-tinted suburban house.

Infographic comparing today’s housing market with the ‘unicorn’ years through traffic, appreciation, and foreclosure charts.

Some Highlights

Comparing housing market metrics from one year to another can be challenging in a normal housing market – and the last few years have been anything but normal. In a way, they were ‘unicorn ’ years.
, mostly due to unfair comparisons with the ‘unicorn’ years.
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