At the HAR Technology committee meeting today, HAR staff mentioned there are currently about 60,000 listings on MLS which is up from about 45,000.  Although real estate is a neighborhood to neighborhood assessment, this increased number of listings, gives buyers a greater choice. Only 1800 of the 60,000 listing are noted as short sales and 3000 as foreclosures.  These are good numbers compared to the rest of the nation.