... and some not-so-hopeful news

... yet there are still plenty of signs that it will be a while before signs of recovery begin impacting most folks:

Census Bureau reports residential mover rate lowest on record

The U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that the national mover rate declined from 13.2 percent in 2007 to 11.9 percent in 2008, the lowest rate since the bureau began tracking these data in 1948. In 2008, 35.2 million people one year and older
changed residences in the U.S. within the past year, representing a decrease
from 38.7 million in 2007 and the smallest number of residents to move since
1962, according to the report.