After posting a market report… at least lately… I get asked a question repeatedly…
Is it pointing to a recovery?
The market report says

FMLS put ont the numbers for August pretty fast.  Shockingly fast…  So, I was able to get the market report out faster than usual.  Take a look.  It is mixed news.  July turned out stronger than expected, but August preliminary numbers are a little weaker than I’d like.
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… the August Market Report (covering July preliminary numbers and June final numbers) is up as well.

I will probably modify it a little more, but the main things are in place.  FMLS doesn’t get numbers out until a few days into the months, but they are out and so I have had a chance to [...]

As I state every month, the numbers for December are preliminary, and I expect them to change over the coming weeks. I would love to be able to delay a couple of days and have solid numbers, but the pattern I have seen in previous months tells me that the December numbers may change right [...]

Of course there is one little hitch…  You have to be from outside the United States.

I just ran some numbers, and the US Dollar is at it’s lowest level in at least the last five years against both the Euro and the Pound.

For the Euro:

In January of 2003, the Euro was worth about $1.05.
As of [...]

Part of my daily reading ritual includes Seth Godin’s blog.  He is often described as a marketing genius.  I think that well might be true.  But, his blog isn’t just about marketing, but also often touches on greater issues.  This one certainly did.  Although, he actually wrote it four years ago… still rings true.  Did [...]

While researching yesterday’s blog entry, I ran across this little tidbit.  Frankly, it p***es me off.  I am proud to be a member of the NAR.  I think that there is a place for a strong voice both for real estate professionals, and to champion the issues for increasing home ownership for consumers.

But this is [...]

I ran across a post on Active Rain that pointed me to an outside article that talks about the need for at least a 20% reduction in home prices in order for families to be able to afford to buy. Well, I love it when there are specific claims and statistics. I can [...]

Do you remember those words from grade school?  The big kid from the back of the class shot a spitball at the teacher, and so everyone got the same punishment.  There were 29 kids in the class that didn’t do anything, but they still got the same treatment.  What’s worse is that the kid that [...]

This is not inspired by Ken “not the meteorologist” Cook, but I did read his post a little earlier, Did The Media Cause This, Fuel This, or Just Report It? That said, I did mention this post in the comments there, because they are related… Great minds think alike… ours do too.

There is a [...]