DOES GOOD NEWS TRAVEL FAST?

To my mind, one of the gifts of a more challenging economy is awareness. I have become aware of a positive trend in the South Florida luxury real estate market. I am curious to know how perceptive people are to this good news and if anyone else has some positive input to add. My personal sales for the first quarter of 2009 were up about 5%. Not a huge amount, I know, but when adding my $10.5M sales to Premier Estate Properties company wide sales of $93.5M, I was pleased.

Progress is still to be made even in these hard times! Real estate activity appears to be on the increase as the two offers I received on listings this week are very encouraging. I am also proud of be part of an office which has actually expanded and increased office space since January. I am planning my marketing carefully for 2009 and trying to keep expenses in line, just like so many other businesses. Most importantly, I am concentrating on being available for those sellers and buyers who are "in the market" now and determined to move forward with their real estate plans. Similarly, I am determined to be prepared as the market shifts to ensure that any good news passing my desk travels really fast! In the age of the Internet and social media, it is within all of our power to ensure speed of communications-especially good news. We all need to hear it. Who else has something good to say?

Tags: economy awareness, positive trend, luxury real estate market, good news