I did something yesterday that I have been shying away from recently ... I read The Big Move , which is the title of yesterday's Boston Globe Real Estate section.  Sometimes I feel the need to torture myself, and fill my head with even more negative news about my industry. 

Of course, there is more than enough (bad news)to go around.  I'm not an ostrich, although, there are days I feel that if I read one more thing that tells me the sky is falling, burying my head in the sand and staying there looks really good.  So, I have made a conscious effort to discriminate about what I read in order to fill my head with positive images and thoughts.   

Why I took the risk yesterday is just one of those things that cannot be explained.  And I got a pleasant surprise.  The "R" word was mentioned fewer times than I have fingers on one hand, there was a sense of optimism in the several articles and some good solid advice for both sellers and buyers. 
It was, in my opinion, a real turn in the tide of the "gloom and doom" we have been assulted with for more than just a couple of years.  You can read them for yourself.  A few had a focus on sellers , another few with a focus for buyers , and gave some really good advice. 

So, no, it's not a great time to sell.  Yes, it's a pretty great time to buy, especially as a first time homebuyer.  The 2 are never going to align to be good at the same time.  Kind of like the World Series ... there is a winner and a loser and never both at the same time.  There are good strategies for both, and from my perspective, that is good enough reason to begin reading about the real estate marekt again!