RE This Week

164 homes for sale and 16 foreclosures in 19363, says Yahoo.

Fatal Accident on 472; Two Teenagers Dead

Sad. I saw this roadside shrine on Monday morning, and on Wednesday, I found the online article about it. Three teens, two eighteen year olds and a sixteen year old, all from the Saginaw Road area. Accident around midnight; two dead (the 16 and 18 year old); driver in hospital, none in seatbelts (for what that was worth; the article noted it, and I remembered it). 

A year ago, a couple of teens on ATVs died (or one died and the other was really hurt; don't remember exactly anymore). A shrine on Hickory HIll Road.

A few years ago, a kid, who the Oxford or State police were trying to pull over, accelerated and flipped his pickup and died. Tragic! 

I can still recall the feeling of indestructibleness when I was about that age. Guess I was lucky, since these recent teenaged deaths should remind us all--especially parents--that driving around here is more dangerous than we probably think. Either way, no snark on this post because I feel such sympathy for the parents, friends, and families of these lost and hurt kids. 

Real Estate

21 foreclosures and 181 homes for sale this week. I hadn't done any changes/updates b/c I figured things were just moving along as they have been, but I was slightly surprised to find that both numbers had jumped in the last couple of weeks. I did notice that my first foreclosure (see earlier post) now seems to be in the hands of an investor/owner/renter. Contractors there over the last couple of weeks, lights on and off, and, finally, no realtor's keybox on the door. So that's good--one more bit of inventory of the market. I have noticed, though, that there are several other new (although existing) homes on the market. Oh, I haven't seen any new home construction in the last several months.