I would just say this, if you use the same method and it doesn't work, you have to re-examine it.It seems to me that someone responding to an offer two and a half years after you start marketing to this person, is an anomaly, not the rule...

Absent any other anomalies I think we will see continued hard-to-get credit and its consequences.

I've been reviewing the books and records and finding some anomalies.

Even if we address the past two years experience as anomaly and say that historically speaking, RE proved to be good hedge against inflation and appreciation is at least as good as the stock market, we are still talking locality and it is hard to predict the long term direction of any given locality.

Of course they could have had an anomaly, but I'm always open to learning.Thanks, Brian, thanks, Seth.Allen

I may be an anomaly - I have actually found USAA prices for insurance to be pretty darn competitive in the Cumberland County area (for full replacement coverage).

I’m noticing a slight jump in inventory in the last month or so in certain parts of town and am curious if others think that’s an anomaly or if we’re at the beginning of something bigger in terms of more buying opportunities/a shift to a more buyer friendly market.

I saw that, but I'm much more concerned with this. https://www.corelogic.com/insights-download/home-price-index.aspxI feel like this could just be a statistical anomaly based on job reports showing a short-term COVID loss, but I'm also being very cautious.  

Seeing one on the market for a long time is an anomaly. 

This was a bit of an anomaly where the sewage company found me through tax records and started sending me bills.