Ultimately nobody knows for certain. All things being considered and otherwise equal, fat people use more soap. I feel so confident about the overall trend of where we are heading I can fill my post with total non-sequiturs.
I saw your post on that on the other thread and rather than continue it there, I would do so here.
How many other realtors do you talk to on a regular basis from which you could get such a frank assessment of the situation?
Since often appearances can be deceiving what in your personal experience would make you think that a seller was just testing and if so why would you or wouldn’t you take the listing?
What really interests me and seems even harder to know is, how many who are just testing now will be forced to sell in the next few years? There is so much Nimby-ism about the state of the market it seems like nobody except those with an IO/ARM realize the precariousness of their position.