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understates
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In practice, that means the median sales price of new homes understates the actual discount, because many concessions don’t show up in the data.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Underemphasizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underemphasizes. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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