The Rebound

I figured I'd foray into the blogging world with GOOD NEWS. Read this... http://www.smartmoney.com/Personal-Finance/Real-Estate/Now-for-the-Good-News-on-Home-Prices/?page=2 and then read this... http://email.hpw.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.realtor.org/RMODaily.nsf/pages/News2008111202?OpenDocument Both articles are an indication of how the market here in the Raleigh area is pretty solid and beginning a rebound.

As a local real estate agent in The Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) I seem to be spending more time every day convincing people that things are not as bad as the media has frightend us into believing. Personally, I feel it's all a part of the environment our society has been trained to live in these last eight years. It's a perception I'm fed up with and everyone else should be too. Our attitudes and perceptions are what will get "us" out of the current stagnation that our nations economy is facing.

We are FROZEN IN FEAR. Now is the time to melt the ice. Get involved with your neighbors, your village, your town or city. Share your thoughts and your ideas. If you don't like how government is acting these days, change it through your involvement. Phone calls and e-mails to your elected officials is a great place to start.

The holidays will soon be upon us and though most of us don't have as much money this year as we did last year, we can still have a great holiday. We may have to be more creative in the gifts we give, make something, re-gift something you're not using yourself, go garage "sailing" and find something to gift. If you want to give brand new, shop shop shop. All of these activities will help the money and our economy start to flow.

From a real estate perspective, please know that you DON'T need a 780 credit score to buy a house. Contact a professional real estate agent (that would be me, I'm a Realtor) to start the process of owning a piece of The American Dream. I can put you in touch with mortgage specialists that HAVE money to lend.

We are the United States of America. We will get our economy working again because WE CAN!