Kristina Zack

Boy, don't we all wish we had the answers! Everyday we hear more and more doom and gloom. Before I left the office today, I read an alert on line that 35,000 folks are being laid off between Jan 09 through the next three years from Bank of America.

BUT, as I read & experienced, we must hit bottom before we can climb again....and I believe we are just about at thatbottoming out point. I am not sitting here looking at statistics, but its the feeling & knowledge working with people & being out in the field. Its like( the economy) being involved in something you really dread, say working a really long work shift. You know its coming, since outside of work, you feel free to do what you want, then when you get to work, its painful, long & tedious. It never feels as though the work day will end, but you know once you get out, it will be such a great feeling. That is how I feel about the economy & the real estate market....inside I feel this anticipation of great things to come. Currently its a great time to buy...right this second for a matter of fact since there is a drought of good, qualified buyers.

Honestly, most folks are NOT sitting on there hands...they just cannot get Pre-Qualified. That is why there are not floods of buyers at the door looking to whisk away the house. Then I talk to other home buyers who are waiting for the market to bottom out. I ask.."Why are you waiting?" The normal response is..." Because, no one is doing it Kristina!" Ok..soo..if everyone is buying...what then happens...demand increases and prices go up..hmmm.

At the same time, I completely understand...ride the wave. My outlook is positive...and we all must stay positive through these gloomy, down times. For now though, I will continue to find a way to get some answers out of my crystal ball! :)

Recent stats I russled up for Enfield, Ct....

-178 Homes for Sale

-193 Homes Sold in the last 6 months ( Since June 10, 2008)

-Median Sales Price- $185,000

-$224,397 is the Average Listing Price in Enfield

-Average Price per square foot= $118.00

-45 Current Lis Pendens (Recording a lis pendens against a piece of property alerts a potential purchaser or lender that the property's title is in question example-potential foreclosure, divorce litigation)

I will update weekly to bi-weekly...stay tuned!

An acre is an area of land equal to 43,560 square feet. For visuality purposes, an acre is most often compared to the size of a football field - not counting the two end zones, which are each 30 feet in length. Now try to envision one square mile, which is equal to 640 acres!

I read an article that caught my eye today, and stirred up a few tears...Edgar, a four-year-old long-haired feline, went missing from her home in Winthrop for three days last week. When she finally came home, her owner found her in her litter box - with part of her face dangling from her head!! I guess apparently the owner passed out. Culprit was that the cat was sleeping inside the hood of a car & the fan got his face! Yikkkkes!!! How freaky! Needless to say, the vet preformed an hour long surgery to "re-attach" the face. Edgar is doing well and recovering...Edgars face is below...if you are really sensitive I suggest you don't look....thought this was interesting..and sad!

With a brutal economic beatdown this year, 2008 may feel as if it will never end. Now the world's timekeepers are making it even longer by adding a leap second to the last day of the year. Along with the economy, the Earth itself is slowing down, requiring timekeepers to add an extra second to their atomic clocks to keep in sync with Earth's slightly slowing rotation. So an extra second will be tacked on to Dec. 31 after 6:59:59 p.m. and before 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. That extra second will make 2008 - already long with an extra day on Feb. 29 - the longest year since 1992. Confused yet....I am..