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We are now 9 days past the spring equinox, and it doesn’t appear we are any closer to spring than we were at the beginning of the March. Two inches of snow at my house Sunday morning, thank God it was gone by mid day, pretty disruptive for a 9am tee time! In all reality it is not that unusual for us to have these little blasts and reminders of winter as spring peaks its head around the corner. I have noticed that the forsythia which we normally see early in March are just barely starting to bloom, all of the farmers I talked to are at least two weeks behind in their spring work. But the crops will get seeded, wheat will start growing and grapes will leaf out, and it won’t be too long before we are all complaining about it being too hot.

 

Happily our real estate market has been warmer than the weather, here at Coldwell Banker First Realtors, other than February our listing and accepted offers have been right with 2008 numbers. The $200,000 and down segment of the market is very strong, with some very good inventory in place. Our turnout at open houses has been excellent.  Buyers are a little more tentative than last year, but with the state of the economy that is to be expected. With interest rates in the mid 4’s it continues to be a great time to get your financing lined up and write on the home of your dreams.

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