Supply follows demand. So true, now and forevermore and since time began. A British comedian named Peter Serafinowicz captures an all too real situation in this video – the pushy real estate agent…creating demand. Watch: I find this funny, but I’ve always been a madcap zany from the Benny Hill and Monty Python school of sledgehammering, rhetorical comedy…call me if I’m losing you. I can’t say that I’ve found the recent months, after declining recent real estate sales months, since June 2007 to be very funny, but sometimes, humor gets me through. More importantly, the following statements from Steve Palm, our FMLS numbers guru, get me through and I expect that some of you will like what he has to say in his May 21, 2009 letter. Encouraging unless you are a condo, loft or townhome buyer, or seller: “…The average closed sale price for single family attached in April was $144,164. This is a decline of 21.5% from the same year ago period and the … [Read more...]