Well there is a lot to be said for the real estate market when the sun is out!  I don't know about those in other cities and counties, but we have had some interesting weather so far this year which has, to us, made our real estate market very bearable during this usually very slow season. 

In January we had a great week of sun...one in which we opened 7 escrows in one week.  This is unheard of for us at this time of year (actually....any time of year!).  Although we do attribute that to the fact that we have done what most of you have...moved our business to the internet where most of the buyers are, we also know that the sun and interest rates had a lot to do with it.

Last weekend when the weather was nice we had scheduled about 8 showings on our listings for the weekend...this rainy weekend, as of yesterday, we only had 1 scheduled appointment for our listings.  I chatted with an agent from another company that I am friends with last Monday who said she had great turnout on her open houses with the nice weather...this morning she had nobody through the same home in a great location.  Makes me realize how much us as agents should be capitalizing on those nice sunny days and getting out there to hold those homes open (although most of us don't really love doing it) and make some sales!

For us, next week is supposed to produce 70 degree weather so we are hoping that the rise in temperature and interest rates will get folks out there looking to find the right home before the rates continue to jump up. As now is still a great time to get a great house for a low price and a still-low interest rate.