My favorite:
"Scott, the Johnsens' agent, cautions, however, that while most sellers are more flexible than in the past, they're not frantic and buyers need to know that.
"The reality is we're not desperate; we're not California; we're not Florida," she says, recalling a recent bid. Those two states are among the national leaders in foreclosures and home-price declines. Someone offered 30 percent less than the asking price for a million-dollar house. The sellers laughed."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/r ... les06.html
We're special!!! Don't you get that?