The perks of living in a bubble

Buffalo tends to get left behind a lot since the late 50’s but because of our stagnant economy we seem to avoid things like massive illegal immigration, and housing slumps.

While the nation and even the world panics over the sub-prime loan failures in the US housing market, we see that the Buffalo-Niagara region (that has seen its’ housing market stay pretty level since the 80’s really) saw a 14 % boost in home sales from over a year ago.

This quote gets me pretty pumped up by the way…

Among other trends Taylor says she is seeing: more people buying homes to move back to Buffalo, and greater interest in U.S. properties by Canadians, a reflection of the robust Canadian dollar, she said.

I feel wierd posting about only good things lately…like I must be subconsciously omitting all these bad things I know about but honestly, its been a pretty darn great summer for the Buffalo-Niagara region overall.