Greg Snow - Southwest Florida Real Estate Expert provides real estate services to Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Sanibel and Captiva Islands

One of our distinguished Founding Fathers was Thomas Paine, who said in "The Crisis", published in 1776, that "These are the times that try men's souls", www.ushistory.org/paine. He also is the author of another aptly named work called "Common Sense" that was a strong defense of our independence from jolly old England at the time. Both works, over 230 years old, seem to outline todays Lee County, Florida's housing market. We, and the rest of the country, are rapidly approaching the current deadline ,for a tax credit in purchasing a home, for both first time buyers and certain non first time buyers.

With the Federal Reserve, www.federalreserve.gov, in the mode not to sell any of its security holdings, and the fragile economic landscape still here, interest rates should remain stable and low for this year. It would seem this is one way to say " the trying of men's souls" and "The Crisis" is behind us and lets move forward with the business at hand. Our local real estate market here in southwest Florida still has many good opportunites to find your home in Paradise. Tonight, as we watch the torch of the Winter Olympics being kindled, and "Let the games begin" thoughts being lended to words, think about sunny Florida while people in the Northeast still are under feet(s) of Snow.