Earlier this week I did a quick and dirty analysis to calculate the number of sales in the Atlanta market (Atlanta proper is a good indicator of the entire metro area).
There was an average month to month unit sales volume decline in 2010 over 2009 (which was itself a bad year) of 16%.
Real Estate buyers are not looking and real estate is not selling.
We are seeing the effects of big shot intellectuals, like Timmy, working only from their inexperienced perspectives in a real world that demands experience to operate with any reasonable continuity, much less prospering.