this was the scene from ben hirsh's office, he was digging neighbors out trying to save his pending sale. >> one of the side effects is people being able to move out of their homes on schedule. and therefore the closing being put off because the home is not yet vacant. so you know, i could see maybe 5 to 15% of closings for january getting bumped into february. >> we may see a sales bump in february and march. still, as investors who initially drove prices so high start to slow down, regular buyers will need to pick up the slack. and the demand is there but red hot prices are already putting a chill on people's pocket books. >> still ahead, why the cold outside has been very, very good for shareholders of the sportswear maker under armour. >>> the search for microsoft's ceo may be coming to an end and that the job will go to inmicrosoft insider replacing steve ballmer. they are discussing the possibility of replacing bill gates as chairman. >> and switching back to more earnings news, the biggest day of the quarter with more than 10% of the s&p reporting. and the results were pretty good