Monday Morning Coffee 5.8.23

New Home Sales increased nearly 10% in March, posting the strongest monthly gain since March last year. It was the fourth straight monthly increase, as builders continue to benefit from the lack of existing home listings.

Evidence of that? The index Pending Home Sales, or signed contracts on existing homes fell 5.2% in March. Yet buyer demand is strong, with about a third of listings getting multiple offers and 28% selling above list price.

Meanwhile, annual home price growth dropped from 3.7% in January to 2.0% in February according to a National Home Price Index, with the monthly price gain a miniscule 0.2%.

Some great quotes from famous commencement speeches:

Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have. ~ Lewis Black

From where I stand from an outsider’s perspective, here’s the truth: You are all nerds, all of you, except here’s the difference. You are the nerds who are going to make some serious bank, which is why I am here today … to marry the best-looking amongst you. ~ Mindy Kaling

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

There is also sadness today, a feeling of loss that you’re leaving Harvard forever. Well, let me assure you that you never really leave Harvard. The Harvard Fundraising Committee will be on your ass until the day you die. ~ Conan O’Brien

Even though, as a class, you are smart, you are still allowed to say, “I don’t know.” Just because you are in high demand, you are still allowed to say, “Let me get back to you.” This will come in handy when your parents ask when you plan to move out of their basement and you answer, “I don’t know. Let me get back to you. ~ Amy Poehler

You will never have more energy or enthusiasm, hair, or brain cells than you have today. ~ Tom and Ray Magliozzi

And don’t worry if we do not approve of your choices. In our benign self-absorption, I believe we have given you a gift; a particular form of independence, for you do not owe the previous generation anything. Thanks to us, you owe it to the Chinese. ~ Steven Colbert

So, what’s it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don’t recommend it. ~ Bill Watterston

Follow your passion, stay true to yourself, never follow someone else’s path unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost and you see a path then by all means you should follow that. ~ Ellen DeGeneres

You’re going to fall down, but the world doesn’t care how many times you fall down, as long as it’s one fewer than the number of times you get back up. ~ Aaron Sorkin

Go to it. Be bold. Be true. Be kind. Rotate your tires. Don’t drink so much. There aren’t going to be enough liver transplants to go around. ~ Richard Russo

I just listened to that inner voice. By the way, it’s always a good move to listen to that inner voice… if it doesn’t lead to a crime. ~ Lisa Kudrow

If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. ~ Bette Reese

It doesn’t matter that your dream came true if you spent your whole life sleeping. ~ Jerry Zucker

You will find the key to success under the alarm clock. ~ Benjamin Franklin

Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere. ~ Erma Bombeck

So long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you’re on the right track. ~ Ed Helms

The unfortunate, yet truly exciting thing about your life, is that there is no core curriculum. The entire place is an elective. ~ Jon Stewart

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments. ~ Earl Wilson

Now, I know that having a honorary doctorate degree will do nothing for me, but I’m here to tell you today that your degrees, the ones you toiled to get, the ones you actually took classes to earn, those degrees, will also basically do nothing. ~ Charlie Day

Your whole life is ahead of you. Not the fun part. That part’s over. ~ Seth Meyers

I know that I am supposed to say something meaningful to you. Maybe some good advice for you to always remember. Now, I usually try not to give advice. Information, yes; advice, no. But what has worked for me may not work for you. Well, take for instance what has worked for me. Wigs. Tight clothes. Push-up bras. High-heel shoes. ~ Dolly Parton

Be the left shark. Remember last Super Bowl, when the Patriots won? You may be thinking of Tom Brady’s deflated balls right now, but I’m thinking of Katy Perry’s half-time performance. She was on stage dancing with two sharks. The shark on the right knew every dance move and performed perfectly. But it was the left shark, the one who went rogue and danced to his own crazy beat, who stole the show. So don’t ever be a conformist for convenience’s sake. ~ Meredith Vieira

Cindy Glynn
Coldwell Banker American Home
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Monday Morning Coffee 5.8.23