stay put
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I haven’t given my children the gift of seeing the world, but I like to think I have given them something equally valuable and far less costly: the pleasure of staying put.
Total job separations were also relatively unchanged, but under the hood, workers were staying put even as layoffs rose.
From Barron's
New listings rose just 0.9%, the smallest uptick in two months, with many homeowners opting to stay put rather than put their home on the market when demand is slow.
But the nuns stayed put after a court ordered them out earlier this year.
From Barron's
“They’d rather rent out their home than sell for a low price, and people who don’t need to move now are opting to stay put and re-list in a year or two.”
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