Go Ahead...Give Your Self a Real Treat This Month! The month of October can be a spooky month, maybe even a scary month with monstrous problems. Yikes!! Well maybe not, but words like that seem to be popping up everywhere as kids and adults alike look forward to Halloween. In fact, according to USA Today, adults spend more on themselves to celebrate Halloween than any other day during the year. I get that. Especially if they want to hang out with the kids to go trick or treat

Let's take a look... At the real estate market. Currently, there are 1132 sales pending in the market overall, leaving 1108 listings still for sale. The resulting pending ratio is 50.5% (1,132 divided by 2,240). So you might be asking yourself, that's great... but what exactly does it mean? I'm glad you asked! The pending ratio indicates the supply & demand of the market. Specifically, a high ratio means that listings are in demand and quickly going to contract. Alternatively

Labor Day. YADILOH SDRAWKCAB EHT. In case you are not sure of the title...it's Labor Day. The Backwards Holiday. Every year when it rolls around, I wonder why it is named Labor Day. Since it's a Holiday intended to be just that, a Holiday - I would think a better name maybe Relax Day or Lazy Day or Off Day or Sleep in Day, maybe even Do-Nothing Day, something other than Labor Day. After all, we know what Labor means. And many will likely be celebrating Labor Day by Laboring.