. >> we find carlos bergouignan. he doesn't need to be convinced. los is just grateful that he and his wife resisted buying during the boom. >> i have got to believe that you and your wife sit there and say something like, wow. who knew we were so smart? >> yeah who knew that procrastinating would pay off and it did. i again couldn't be happier about having stayed now. >> so now it's like you have had a -- got a second chance. >> yeah. now that the market is correcting itself to the prices they should be. it's definitely the time to get. in. >> others seem to share that view. after yurears the real estate market showing early signs of recovery. at the height of the market in 2005, 21,000 homes were sold here. last year, just 9,000. this year, sales are on track to hit 12500. how much more time do you think it will be before we hit bottom here? >> i think we're looking at least the middle of next year, 2010. >> another year? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. the leading housing analysts in florida. >> we talked about in 2005 that we were going to see blood in