January market activity continued the eight-month trend of improving over the prior year (January of 09'). The year started out pretty slow last year so we expected (prayed for) an increase, which we got (+25% / 8% volume). It is early, but two trends are appearing: 1) On the positive side, buyer interest (tracked by showing appointments, open house visitors and web activity) remains as strong as in the fall when we had our tax credit induced feeding frenzy and 2) On the concern side, the tax credit impact in the last 60 days has fallen off.