NASA will have thousands of layoffs with Clear Lake homes staying on the market longer and more coming up for sale.  Some do not know about other jobs, so may be more psychological  than economic.  People are moving to Houston, but it’s not an active market.  2010 was a more active market because of the tax credit and the market is down this quarter from last year, but actually “if anything, I’m suprised to see the sales volumn didn’t lag further behind 2010” according to Dr. Jim Gaines, chief economist at the Real Estate Center at TX A&M University.  This is interruped as the market is beginning to turn around.  Layoffs are making us all nervous and Trane in Tyler is laying off several hundred, which does also happen some years, but whether this is permanent or temporary is to be seen.