Tuesday, December 23, 2025
As the year winds down, it’s worth pausing to remember how many homes you helped move from idea to reality this year. How many keys changed hands because of your work. How many people crossed a threshold (their very own threshold!) for the first time. This season is filled with memories being made in first homes; first holidays in a new space, first memories that will stick with them long past any closing chaos or move-in mania.
And just as important, how many lasts happened quietly along the way. Final moves. Final sales after decades in one place. The closing of a chapter that mattered deeply to someone, even if it looked routine on paper.
The work you do is complicated. It’s precise. It requires care, compliance, and attention to details most people never see. When you’re in it every day, it’s easy to become myopic — to focus only on what’s broken, what’s delayed, what still needs fixing.
But zooming out matters.
Because what you help make isn’t just a transaction. It’s the setting for dinners, arguments, celebrations, grief, milestones, and ordinary Tuesdays that will someday feel important in hindsight. You help create and deliver the place where life unfolds.
So as the year closes, take a moment to appreciate that perspective. The market is acting unusually, sure. But the big picture is still there too — steady, meaningful, and worth investing in.
Thank you for what you do, it truly matters. And thank you for trusting us as your news source for this industry.
Wishing you a restful holiday season and an intentional, energized start to the year ahead.
Until Next Time,
Mary Schuster
Chief Knowledge Officer
October Research, LLC