What will it take to break Seattle's real estate standoff?

There’s a scene that shows up in just about every spaghetti Western movie: the showdown.  

Two guys at opposite ends of a dusty street... their hands are hovering near their holsters... but neither one wants to draw first.

Welcome to Seattle's housing market. 

What does this standoff mean if you’re trying to buy or sell a home right now? And could it finally drive prices down? 

On today's episode, we check in on the spring real estate market with Daryl Fairweather, Redfin's chief economist and author of Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work.

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