Recent Fannie Mae Consumer Survey Shows Optimism!
* 42% of respondents expect their personal finances to improve in 2011, although that is down from 44% last year.
* 57% of Americans still believe that buying a home has a lot of potential as an investment.
* 30% expect home prices to strengthen over the next year, virtually unchanged from a year ago.
* 59% of Generation Y Americans (ages 18-34) expect their personal financial situation to improve over the next year, compared to 49% among Generation X (ages 35-44) and 37% among baby boomers (ages 45-64).
* Mortgage borrowers seem to be recovering, with 23% saying they are underwater, compared with 30% in January 2010.
Industry experts expect this will only help the National and Sarasota real estate market.
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