We are starting to see some movement in the right direction…….  sales of single-family, re-sale homes took off last month, rising 62.7% from March.  And, for the first time since September 2005, home sales were up year-over-year: 51.7%.

Here’s what’s happening on a micro level: 

It couldn’t be —— is the media actually publishing, something, anything about a housing recovery.  But why………. perhaps with gas prices at over 4 1/2 dollars a gallon, food costs skyrocketing, consumer confidence at a 28 year low, war, earthquakes, floods they have shared enough bad news with us and want to tantalize us and raise our spirits just a bit.

 On a local level our numbers stack up as follows:

Home sales surge in April. And, for the first time since September 2005, home sales were up year-over-year: 51.7%. view statistics by city: Carmel, Carmel Valley, Montery, Marina, Pebble Beach, etc.