TG nothing wrong with a little optimism, but looking at it from the perspective that this whole financial debacle just started, I can’t imagine that now is the time to buy. On a side note what do you have to lose if you are picking up a home for $60-70sqft (If you buy a $200K home, the worst you can do is lose $200K). I went looking up there recently, but this whole financial mess got me scared.