In this month's Realtor magazine there are reports from agents in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia and California with comments:

"Sales are increasing and have been for the past nine months"
"The market is slightly better"
"The market is staying stable with a little growth"
"More closings in the last six months than all of 2008 and 2009"

I always point out that real estate is local, by town and by price range and even by neighborhood (so Amherst's The Flume neighborhood being high end could have a slower recovery than, say Souhegan Woods).  So what's happening in California is not what is happening in New Hampshire.  But the point I make is we are seeing a trend.  You will never know where the bottom is until you have passed it and numbers are computed.

Now is a great time to buy that NH house...WHY?  Because it won't be there if you wait.

Think about waiting to purchase your new widget until after Christmas so you can get it on sale.  You go to the store after Christmas and what do you see?  The widgets are "picked over", there is little to choose from and the castaways are what remain.

I can't say when that will happen in New Hampshire real estate, but the signs are lining up. 

And if you are a "fence sitter" you are not alone.  Buyers seem to want to wait until the perfect house comes on the market, even after finding one that they really like.

The turnaround WILL come, some say the turnaround is in the works, the question is, will that dream home be there while interest rates are still historically low?  

Don't be one of the buyers that says in 2012, "I wish I had purchased in 2011 when there was so much to choose from and interest rates were in the 5's"