I can't figure out what is going on. We seem to take three steps forward and two steps back. The Dow was up, home sales were up, and then nothing. Our office is so dead that my boss changed the 4th to a 4 day weekend. Every broker I speak to says the same thing - dead, dead, dead. Nobody's moving, so none of us are making any money. I feel bad for the residential brokers. It's been bad for them for even longer.

As I've said, I think some companies are taking advantage of the economy and forcing their workers to do more with less because they're afraid of losing their jobs.