I know this sounds weak, but it's been awhile since I have posted. My minute use on my cell phone is now taking minutues from the other months and September is continuing to show stong market recovery in and around the Dallas area. I can't recall ever being this busy in August and September, good economy or bad.

Although AT&T might account for a shot in the arm, it is NOT the underlying reason why activity has picked up. I suspect as I have been saying, that the market actually bottomed in January 08 and has been improving ever since. Inflation is causing prices to increase and prices have been on the rise since May - June 08 when builders began saying UNCLE collectively. Many builders are reducing their incentives at the same time they are pricing their homes without the big mark up. For years this area has grown accustomed to builders raising their list prices to as high as 20% over what they would settle for, I am finding builders are now more interested in defining a fair price and sticking to it.

The way I figure, the longer you wait in an inflationary period of time, well the more you are going to wind up paying.

Maybe, just maybe the Kick Me Sign is off the back of the local Dallas market and that is just fine with me!

Cheers,