In January I attend the annual Sell-a-bration conference in Honolulu. HA, a very nice place for a conference (lol). This conference is sponsored by the Council of Residential Specialists and is attended by about 1,000 REALTORS who have the CRS designation. These are the best of the best agents in the country (only about 4% of all agents hold the CRS designation and I am proud to be one of them). At this conference, I picked up many ideas to help me better serve my buyers and sellers (even after 32 years in the business I'm still learning). But the one thing that really made an impression on me was hearing how bad the housing market is in many parts of the USA. I'm happy to say that the North Jersey housing market is much better than many areas. While prices have come down some around here and housing inventory has increased, it is nothing like it is in many area. That's why, when you read newspaper articles and hear radio and TV reports on the horrible housing market, you have to realize that housing markets are local and every market is different, but many times the press is reporting on the national housing market. 

Glenn at the CRS Conference

 

Waterfall inside the Waikiki Hyatt Regency