We had a wet and windy couple of days - wonderful to get all of that rain. My mom keeps track of what we get at my place and she said we had two inches over the rainy period! There was also some thunder and lightning, which always is exciting. We are expecting a few dry days and then apparently a series of storms are headed our way - let's hope for a lot more rain.
There is a lot of optimism right now amongst many of the Realtors I have been speaking with lately. Everyone is noticing more foot traffic and calls on properties are increasing. I have had several people express interest in looking at properties and have had several new buyers walk in the door during my floor time shifts. People are also deciding the time is right to sell; I think sellers are finally understanding the overly high prices of the past few years aren't coming back any time soon and that they need to get on with their lives and that often means selling and moving away.
There's a lot of local events happening this weekend. In Anderson Valley Saturday is the Anderson Valley Senior Center's Crab Feed; for $25 you can have all the crab you want to eat! Elk is hosting it's first English Country Dance; Casper hosts these monthly and Elk is hoping to get it started down there as well. English Country Dance is the type of dancing seen in movies made from Jane Austen novels; I've never done it myself but I'm planning to be there Saturday evening to give it a try. There's other events, such as the last weekend of a play, some farmers markets and so on. There's always something to do.
I started writing this early this morning - and am just getting back to it after having someone walk in the office and ask to see three properties - so I take that as proof that things are looking up!