It is great to see more sold signs around town! Many agents are telling me that the market is picking up. It seems the tax credit for first time buyers is helping, the prices and of course the interest rates. At Gary Keller’s seminar which I mentioned a while ago, he shared the stats that 50% of the 2009 transactions are to first time buyers. First time buyers have usually started the recoveries of the past. Then the transactions move up the food chain. Is that what you are seeing as well?

While teaching a class in Yakima for the Yakima Association of Realtors, one of the agents showed me the SOLD signs many of the agents over there are using. Thought you would enjoy seeing what they are using as much as I did: