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I'm a real estate photographer in the DC metro area. I've been doing this for the last 15 years (if you're a photographer and you don't offer real estate photography services, you're missing out on lots of business) and I have a close relationship with many many Realtors. This means they are willing to tell me things I don't believe they would necessarily tell their sellers or most likely their buyers. Anyway, over the last 2 months, Realtors have been saying, in unison, "the market has changed" or "the market has shifted". BUT today, one of my long time Realtor clients told me she is selling her house 1-2 years earlier than she planned because the market is "collapsing". This was her words. She said she is already missing out on over 100k and maybe even 200k on her $1.1 million home. My last photoshoot, JUST TODAY, the homeowners told me they are selling and going to rent until the market "corrects". True, they could be wrong but, hey even the Realtor told me she was going to get 100k-200k less than she would have gotten 6 months ago so...