Housing and moving going to pick up this Spring?

We are hearing and actually seeing first hand some positive signs that the pent up demand for moving and home sales may turn around some this year. In a previous post we reported that Warren Buffet felt 2011 would bring an improved real estate market. Recently in a letter to shareholders he reiterated that and went on to say his "elephant gun was loaded " for acquisitions. Pretty positive.

Southern California and the New York metro areas are picking up for us with newly initiated moves. The northwest and Rocky Mountain areas are starting to show some signs of life. One of our real estate accounts in Massachusetts is also showing signs of improved activity. So maybe the snowy scene above will soon look like the one below.

Our corporate business has picked up alot this year indicating the loosing by companies. The movement is in a number of different industries.

I have felt that despite the reports and numbers we hear, that our business would get the initial indications of an improvement in the moving and real estate markets. Alot of the numbers that are reports take into account foreclosures, short sales, investors, speculators, and all of those groups. We just see moving families in the general market and corporate transfers.