CB Bain won't do 10-day real-estate sale around Puget Sound

On Friday, Coldwell Banker will begin a national real-estate sale Oct. 10-19, but local Coldwell Banker Bain brokers and agents in the Puget Sound area have chosen not to participate.

On Friday, Coldwell Banker will begin a national real-estate sale Oct. 10-19, but local Coldwell Banker Bain brokers and agents in the Puget Sound area have chosen not to participate.

Brokers in some other cities also have elected not to participate in the sale, which encourages sellers to lower their prices up to 10 percent for the 10-day promotion.

Ron Sparks, managing vice president of CB Bain in Bellevue, said that the idea for a real-estate sale, (as in discount) is “well-intentioned but misplaced in our marketplace.”

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