I don't know where you are located.....(if you are in the USA) but I have noticed a change here lately with the economy and the upcoming election. There are just a lot of added stress. And gas prices.

I live in a really nice neighborhood. Everyone has nice houses. There's a large number of friendly children that play on my (low thru traffic street) But there are 5 houses for sale on my street.....all around me and all for different reasons. 2 are job transfers and the other 3 are people wanting to upgrade and get bigger houses. When people have their houses for sale and they have to sell before they can purchase their next house.......it is amazing how nice and friendly they can be to their neighbors. There is a lady that hasn't been real nice to me and my family that lives across the street from me. (She isn't nice to anyone that doesn't have the same religious views as she does. And because I am a social nudist in her mind I am worse than Satan.) Anyways it is just amazing how friendly this woman has become since she put her house on the market. I told my husband that I bet she she is nice to me because she is hoping that I will tell my nudist friends about her house being for sale.......so she can sell her house. They are pretty desperate to sell. Anyways. Also there have been a lot of layoffs and a lot of layoffs looming in the future. (I think that is the reason why the market is so slow here).