Yesterday at a luncheon with Top Marin Real Estate Agents the one noteworthy change for this year was the lack of pent up houses waiting for the holidays to pass in order to come on the market. Every agent had several buyers ready to go and very few had listings coming on. Are sellers still too cautious thinking it is a deal market (it still is by the way)? I think we are in a time of transition where the street knowledge has not caught up with the common knowledge which is that consumer confidence is higher this year, buyers want to buy houses in Marin taking advantage of low interest rates, excellent schools and commute. Yet sellers remain cautious and if they don’t have to sell are hanging on.