It’s much a more significant decline in the stock market if you see it on high volume. I presume the same theory applies to houses. It also produces panic and/or a slap of cold reality in the face of sellers. A much more pleasant environment. Lots of selection and reasonable sellers.

b’s talking about a BIG drop…not a couple of bucks. “Downward Trend” is very duh.

Wouldn’t the market drop more in the “off” months like from now until Spring? Seems Spring is when they bounce or go flat. Why would you say Spring?

Not entirely. I don’t think you would ever see as many Hummers in Seattle that you see in parts of CA. Pacific Northwest is not a wasteful mindset kind of place. Conserving and not being ostentasiously flashy is part of the culture. It’s not all about gas prices except for the “Frazier” crowd…and they are few.

You don’t see many “pretenders” being all image conscious if you walk around Microsoft Campus. I’m sure you have a few people with image and status issues anywhere. But by and large, Seattle isn’t about that for most mature people.