Ready for the Next Boom: Prudential Targets Next Wave

By Beth McGuire
RISMEDIA, December 28, 2006-Despite all that's been written about the slumping real estate market, the National Association of Realtors predicts that 2007 will be the third best year in real estate history. That said, the reality is that real estate is a local business, and these past few months have been a mixed bag for brokers and sales professionals across the country.
http://www.rismedia.com/wp/2006-12-27/ready-for-the-next-boom-prudential-targets-next-wave

Sales of New Homes Rise in November

AP / Wednesday December 27, 11:49 am ET By Martin Crutsinger, AP Economics Writer

Sales of New Homes Rise in November; Backlog of Unsold Homes Fall for Fourth Consecutive Month
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sales of new homes rose in November while the backlog of unsold homes fell for a fourth straight month, providing hope that the serious slump in housing could be ending.
Sales of new single-family homes rose by 3.4 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.047 million units, reflecting solid sales increases in every region of the country except the South, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.
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Where did all the Geese go?

Every year the geese return to the Columbia River low lands and we that surround them get the pleasure to hear them evenings and mornings as they take to the sky on their journey.

This year I haven't seen or heard the numbers I'm use too. Usually thety are annoying and deftining, yet you can count on them every spring.

Am I early in my assumption or did they take a different route?