I had a pretty good turn-out for my open houses today. Cathy normally does these two, may god bless her aching feet, but she had to work a third open house. The homes I worked were in the F.Q. Story Historic District of Phoenix. When the real estate market is normal, the streets down there are aswarm with huge, expensive vehicles, all cruising at about seven miles an hour. It’s been a lousy summer for cruisers — a lousy summer for real estate — but the cruisers were out in force today. I have three theories why this might be so:
- People eventually want to look at houses more than they want to say, “It’s too dang hot to look at houses!”
- The itch to buy houses, epidemic in Phoenix, can be treated but never completely cured.
- The Arizona Republic has failed to say something poisonous about the residential real estate market for seven days in a row, so buyers think it’s safe to come out and shop.
Whatever the reason, it was fun to work at an open house for a change.
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