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What does the "quarter" mean?

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Rebecca

Here, "quarter" means one of four periods of time that the year is divided into. A "quarter" is three of 12 months, in this case. It's commonly used this way for businesses and taxes. Ex: It's the third quarter of the year, and we're still behind a month on our goals. Ex: Profits this quarter went up double compared to last quarter.

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I

think

at

the

end

of

the

quarter

we

had

about

30,000

listings,

and

they

are

all

full

homes.