March in

 March is, supposedly, in like a Lion this year. What with snow, wind, sleet -- general mayhem, pathos and chaos nationally and internationally. What's interesting, too, with all that's going on around the globe, real estate has begun to get poppin'.

I believe this has to do with the Dow Index topping out:  people's portfolios are doing very well. Lenders are making money so are more willing to lend. It does have a lot to do with Wall Street being bullish. Lots of mergers, lots of action, lots of...bull... there means a little bit of breathing room for the little guys just looking to find four sturdy walls on a stable foundation and non-leaking roof.

Some trends in real estate, I believe from watching comings and goings in SoIL, happen because people just get sick of waiting. The more chaos in D.C., the more stable common folk want to feel -- and buying a house means stability.

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People need stability. Lack of it is the stuff of nightmares, panic attacks and acting out in bad behavior. Stressy times call for calm and steady with soothing crock pots burbling in airy kitchens. Four walls on a sturdy foundation with good plumbing and a roof that don't leak.

March Madness. It is more than just a ballgame. In some ways it is the whole ballgame of life. The weather is wacky in March. The end of winter, the beginning of spring is in March.

I share my birthday with Dr Seuss, a freethinker if ever there was one. March Madness leaking out of March birthday holders?

 

People get "itchy" in March. Longing for winter to end or trying to squeeze in as much winter fun as possible. Lots of winter festivals start in February and end in March. Anchorage, Alaska has Fur Rondy and today the Iditarod sled dog race begins: 1049 miles from Anchorage to Nome. If anything, this race has all the appearances of mushers trying to out-race spring because along the route, those sled dogs will have to paw across frozen rivers and, if possible, across the frozen waters of Norton Sound.

People are "itchy" in March. On the lookout for signs of spring: the first lilies, daffodils, crocus pushing up and bravely starting the blooming show. All the seed catalogs start to arrive. Lettuce is planted under plastic and tomato plants are started in greenhouses, attics, warm laundry rooms.

Itchy, twitchy, 'gotta-get' feelings bubble up, stir up, shake up. The ending is near, the beginning awakening -- the longings start, pressing those buttons. Ahhhh, March....I love this month.