Reading articles that contain blanket statements is pretty difficult. If I were you I would put blinders on and try to block out the noise. Have your realtor dig for the data you want. Did the article cover which zip codes it covered? Did the article specify new homes, resale homes, attached verses detached homes?

You see what I mean? North County has some incredibly diverse submarkets to I would crumble the article up and throw it away. Also as for prices remaining stable as compared to last summer again my comment to you would be for which zip code and which type of homes? Other parameters may indeed reveal data that is useful. An example would be that perhaps the pricing appears stable to you BUT if you see a heavy increase of days on market and/or cancelleds/expireds/withdrawns, then you are seeing a precursor to lower pricing in the future.