The dream lives on....

Through the fog of the current state of affairs -- the economy, the housing market, the uncertainty in the air -- I had a joyful experience yesterday. 

I was closing on a listing of mine, and in the lobby of the settlement office I met the buyers for the first time.  Young buyers.  Very, very young buyers.  They reminded me of myself just a few years ago (okay, many, many years ago).  I was their age when I purchased my first home, a mere babe of 22 years old.

So... here they were... These young buyers, with their hard-earned money and NO seller assist purchasing their first home.  They were so excited, and while the young lady sat and twirled her pony tail as we talked she confided to me of how their 6-month search for the right home was "such a long time"!  I told them that there are buyers much older then they who are searching for just the right home for much longer than that.  Perhaps at such a young age they don't have as high expectations as us older folks do.

Fate led them to this little brick semi-detached home on a dead-end street.  Certainly it's not a dead-end move for them, and I hope instead  that it becomes the launchpad for propelling them into a secure future of homeownership.  In their beginnings of their adulthood, and while still attending school, they saved enough for their first home.  How exciting is that!

I love it.  I love my job.  And, they weren't even my clients!  But my seller felt the same, and did what she could to make this as smooth a transaction as possible for these youngsters. 

There is hope for this industry of ours.  The buyers are still out there; the young are still dreaming of homeownership; and there is a light at the end of the tunnel for our market to turn around and shine once again, just like the faces of this young couple did across the settlement table yesterday.

Congrats to Jeremy and Victoria ~ and many, many happy and healthy years in your new home!

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