Is That The Light At The End of the Tunnel?

Anyone in this neck of the woods who's spent any time at all on the roads or in stores has to have noticed a distinct change from this time last year - CROWDS! Whether it's a grocery store or a book store or a department store, there are crowds everywhere you go, and they seem to be buying things. Yesterday, in the middle of a Monday afternoon, my husband and I were out and about, and even at that time of the day, on that day of the week, it felt like a busy Saturday.

I've been showing more houses to more buyers, and had more calls from buyers looking for property - the numbers are up.

Then, today, the Austin Board of Realtors released the November figures, and the news that Central Texas home sales were up about 11 percent and that median home prices were up 3% over November 2010.

Add that to some other positive signs that I've seen here and there, and maybe, just maybe, that light at the end of the tunnel isn't a train after all!

Photo Credit Iain Sarjeant