Is it time to buy?

All the signs are there that by June 2012 we will see the last of the lowest values. From that point forward things should improve very slowly. Shopping for a home go to www.redfin.com they have great resources online.

States Hardest Hit by Housing Lead Jobs Recovery

The states that were most hurt in the real estate collapse over the past five years -- Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada -- are now leading the U.S. labor market expansion.

The four states added 222,100 jobs from August through December, accounting for 28 percent of the increase in U.S. employment in that period, according to Labor Department figures. Their outperformance may continue, say economists at Moody’s Analytics Inc. and IHS Global Insight.