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  "thesis": "Cornwall\u2019s 2026 market cannot be summarized as supply up, demand down. The retained April and July reports show active listings growing, but sales grew faster between those snapshots. Longer selling times and four months of detached inventory still give buyers more room. The likely year-end result is a balanced, price-sensitive market rather than a return to spring\u2019s record average-price headline.",
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      "mechanism": "More resale stock and longer selling times improve buyer choice, while financing conditions constrain both purchases and new construction; portable benefits support eligible renters without adding units.",
      "localExposure": "Cornwall and District buyers, sellers, renters and housing providers, with city-only outcomes unresolved.",
      "timeHorizon": "Through December 2026",
      "counterEvidence": "Rapid inventory absorption or a sustained sales contraction would move the market away from balance in opposite directions.",
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        "additionalFinding": "Between the retained April and July snapshots, monthly sales rose 22.2% while month-end active listings rose 8.8%. July inventory remained elevated, but the market cleared homes faster than the stock expanded. At the same time, the retained February bridge-housing update and the March council decision document how quickly a proposed local response could reverse before delivery.",
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        "localConsequence": "Agents should expect more seller competition than in 2025, while recognizing that properly positioned homes can still transact in a market clearing more volume than it did in April.",
        "counterEvidence": "April-to-July changes are not seasonally adjusted, and the board area is much larger than the City of Cornwall. Average prices can move because the mix of homes sold changes.",
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