To paraphase Brian Brady, Americas #1 mortgage broker , watching the economy turn is like watching a battle ship turn. It's hard to see and moves slowly. But I've been noticing that slow moving battle ship in a slow tide moving in Pueblo.

• I've had more buyers this summer than I've had in the last 5 years.
• The local convenience store next to Lake Pueblo reports steady traffic in front of their store. Better than last summer.
• Home Builders are building again, maybe not as much as they were once, but they are building.
• Friends are getting jobs, changing jobs and watching their incomes improve.
• Houses that are priced right are getting multiple offers and getting them quickly. I watched a house get 4 offers in the hour it took me to drive to it and show it.
• Sellers are taking their properties off the market and building on them.
• The local parade of homes is going to be as big or bigger than years past. And homes are already being planned now for next years parade.
• The TV news reports that the Colorado State Fair is seeing great attendance, better than expected.
• The open houses I've been doing are not only getting attention they are drawing crowds. 618 Quincy had 35 people one day between 11-3 PM.

All good news, slow signs of improvement are still good signs.