IT SEEMS EVERYWHERE I GO THESE DAYS CUSTOMERS AND ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE ALL ASKING ME THE SAME QUESTIONS, IS THE WORSE OVER YET ? ARE THINGS GETTING BETTER IN REAL ESTATE ? ARE PRICES GOING UP OR DOWN AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST WILL I EVER GET MY EQUITY BACK ?
WE AS REALTORS ARE PROBABLY MORE EXPOSED AND MORE AFFECTED EMOTIONALLY THAN MOST BY THE CURRENT HOUSING CONDITIONS. THERE IS NOT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS NOT SEEN A FAMILY PACK UP THEIR BELONGINGS AND MOVE INTO BARELY ADEQUATE HOUSING, NOT BEEN ABLE TO LIVE THE AMERICAN DREAM THAT OUR GRANDFATHERS HAD COME HOME TO BUILD AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
IN PLYMOUTH MA WE HAVE SEEN OUR SHARE OF FORECLOSED HOMES, SOME LEFT AS NEAT AS A PIN BUT MOST LEFT IN SHAMBLES, SIGNS OF ANGER AND DISRUPTION, I ALWAYS WONDER AS I WALK IN THOSE HOMES WHAT THEY WERE LIKE , THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND FEELING SADNESS.
WAS IT THEIR FAULT ? IT REALLY DOES NOT MATTER AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE OUR FRIENDS, OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR CUSTOMERS AND THEY DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE.
THE MARKET IN MY OPINION WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. IT HAS SEEN ITS PEAKS AND VALLEYS AND I THINK PRICES HAVE STABILIZED. ITS A GOOD TIME TO BUY AND SELL.
AS REALTORS WILL HELP REBUILD THE AMERICAN DREAM AND STRENGTHEN OUR NATION, IT WILL TAKE PATIENCE BUT WILL GET THERE, ONE DAY AT THE TIME.
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