I’m hearing a new buzz in the office lately… the sound of hope.  Everywhere I turn, agents are being more positive about the market.  One agent just stuck his head in my door to say that he sold a $400,000 listing - had both the buyer and seller sides.  Plus he has another listing for about $120,000 that he’s also found a buyer for.

I’m hoping it’s not the final push for buyers to grab that $8,000 first-time home buyer tax credit from the Feds due to expire at the end of April (well, under contract by April 30th).  My hope is this may be actually the market starting to turn.

I’ve been working at a concession stand at a major arena in my area to raise money for my daughter’s extracurricular activities and talked to one of the stand managers.  He said he used to be a construction worker, but is now in the food industry.  While I’d hate to see him leave because he’s on of the nicer managers, I do hope he can get back into his preferred career.  He thinks construction is starting to pick up.

What do you think?  Just a passing thing or real recovery?