[B]by Murray Balkcom, GRI, Realtor[/B] [EMAIL="murraybalkcom@yahoo.com"]murraybalkcom@yahoo.com[/EMAIL] [B][URL="http://www.dreambigproperties.com/"]dreamBIGproperties.com[/URL][/B] In our area, everything typically comes to a halt in the winter time. Long pants and shoes replace swimsuits and flip flops. After all, we are mostly a seasonal beach community. It should be no surpirse that real estate sales also decrease as winter approaches. Thanksgiving week tends to throw everyone off schedule and out of routine for a week. Then, Christmas season hits, with similar results. People simply have other things on their minds than buying real estate. While November sales are somewhat down as we expect, the real surprise we've had this year comes in the way of higher sales in August, September and October, when typically, real estate sales have been slow. [IMG]http://murraybalkcom.wordpress.com/files/2009/12/2009-11-combined-residential-comparison-qty.jpg[/IMG] For the first time since July, sales for Homes, Condos, and Town Homes in South Walton, actually[B]...[/B] [URL="http://wp.me/pGxrA-59"][B](continue reading)[/B][/URL]
