I was a little surprised by the sales for the first quarter in the Douglas County Lakehomes closed first quarter compared with 2008.  There were 12 sales in 2008 and 10 in 2009.  The highest priced sale this year so far was $700,000 and those honors go to me:)  Last year it was $625,000 for high sale in 1st quarter.  Average sale price in 2008 was $357,500 and this year it was $344,300.  Overall, my opinion is WOW.  Not bad at all, could be a smoking great year.  If that was the deepest and darkest spot of the recession, bring it onnn! 

The consumer confidence reached an all time low in February of 25.3 on the index.   Presently, it stands at 26.0 and the next read is April 28 at 10am ET.  I always said, let the consumer confidence go to zero.  It can only go up from there.  Maybe the 25.3 will be the bottom.  My records show none lower ever.  That means that the consumer confidence will only get better from here…unless we can possibly find another new bottom.  Let’s hope that ain’t the case.   I’m not complaining, I had 3 house sales for the week:)

I still am not watching the news…and I can’t think of anything that I missed.

Got any comments for me out there?  It gets a little lonely here in cyberspace.

Have a great weekend.  (67 degrees right now)

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