Are we the only ones confused these days?

Every time we turn around, we get more bad news about the housing crisis … it won’t bottom out until 2010, it’s going to get worse before it gets better, and we’ve just seen the biggest price drop in 20 years.

Meanwhile, there continue to be glimmers of hope on the horizon that don’t get nearly as much press as the doom and gloom – some cities have seen prices rise and Internet home searches have spiked 106 percent over the past month and are up 67 percent year on year. Clearly, bailout or no bailout, now is a great time for many people to get into the real-estate game. As prices fall, homes you may have been priced out of have become affordable. It’s time to strike while the iron’s hot. You know, so to speak.  Looks like some people might be thinking this way already.

But even if you’re not necessarily prepared to buy a home right now, at the very least it’s a great idea to get to know the market and see what’s out there. To that end, Roost is absolutely the best place for you to get started on home searches. We have far and away the most comprehensive and accurate listings for homes for sale because you’re looking at solid MLS data, instead of aggregated feeds that are filled with bad data.

So take a peek out from underneath that umbrella and make your own decision about how horrible it is out there.  www.roost.com