Appraisals are coming in high and that tells us the market is dropping. Prices may not be below where they were last year, but in some cases they might be below where they were three, four or five months ago. |
I think we?re getting to a point of equilibrium. I think we?re getting back to the norm. |
Our Achilles' heel this year is that we played great teams close, just like today. Hopefully next year, we win a few more of the close ones. |
Our population growth is still showing 2 percent, so our demand is going to be better than most places. There are no labor problems, such as mills closing, so our economic base is stable. |
Real estate is a huge factor in drawing people to Clifton Forge. |
We're not very big and I knew that might hurt us. We needed to get out and run a little bit. |