Bill the fact that Dallas area did not see the wild ride is the reason you are in the right place. My area seen the wild ride but it has been three years ago! Last month was a 41% over the previous period a year ago. We have had three months of reducing inventory and although we are not seeing any increase in pricing we are seeing activity. That in and of itself is a plus.

I am hoping that our market will remain stable and not go wild with the crazy speculation that drove it in the ground three years ago. We now have affordable housing and a market that is conducive to growth and like Dallas we will see a return to normalcy.

Bill my analogy...

My market:

http://tinyurl.com/3okmal

The outcome:

http://tinyurl.com/6afsmj

Be Thankful!

Jana

Bill, I hope you are doing well. Here in NJ the latest report is rosy -

http://tinyurl.com/3tzcy5

Of course there has been a lot of response from many that "numbers don't lie, but liars use numbers".

I, personally see more people looking, but then my business is seasonal. I don't see any more activity in writing contracts and closing sales. But, that's just me.

Bill,

Idaho has been much like Texas.  We watched the wild ride in Vegas going on and on and on and on.  Now we see some people who lost their homes, moving to our neck of the woods, and I hope that scenario keeps going on and on! (of course we would like them to sell their homes first, instead of losing them).

Boise (largest city) is a little flat, but the rest of us are in double digits.

I even hired me an assistant, so I could take a Vacation this week.

I thought it was, "he with the most listings wins"?