Amidst a firestorm of bad news surrounding the economy, the stimulus package, and the housing market there was, last week, a glimmer of hope for owners of Dublin Ranch homes.  Are you as shocked as we were?

You would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at some of the holiday parties I attended last year. Obviously, one of the first questions anyone has after “What is your name?” and “How do you know (insert the name of the party’s host here)?” is the question that, for me, causes some immediate interesting responses: “So, what do you do?”

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Owners of Dublin Ranch homes took back a lion’s share of the market in the month of December, 2008.  Inventory numbers out today show a steep decline in the months of inventory, indicating the market has once again moved back toward the favor of sellers.

Inventory dropped to 4.8 months from 7.4 months in November.  Months of inventory is a measurement of the “velocity of the market;” according to current supply and demand, it could be said that if no other homes came on the market after today it would take almost five months to sell off the current inventory.

We talk to a lot of people who live in Dublin Ranch. From our conversations in later 2008, it was easy to see that the economy had most of us looking forward to the fresh start coming with a New Year.  Most of the time, when an investment sector is suffering, we can transfer as much of our liquid assets as possible to markets that are thriving. By staying on top of financial ebbs and flows we expect to come out even, and hope to come out ahead.  This was not the case in 2008; the slide of our markets was across the board, and the impact rivaled the events leading up to the Great Depression.

One of the interesting things we’re seeing in our market now is a transfer of wealth from intangible assets (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, etc. ) to tangible assets (gold, silver, and real estate).  Much of this is happening because of inflation, but it also has to do with consumer’s comfort levels.  In other words, when investors lose money in “intangibles,” they go back to things they can touch and hold onto with their hands.