Two major newspapers, the St. Petersburg Times and the Tampa Tribune, both carried stories today about lockbox manufacturers. They pointed out that while the real estate community is bemoaning the high inventory, for other suppliers, such as lockbox manufacturers, are working round the clock to meet the demand. The Pinellas Realtor Organization has exhausted their supply. Earlier this year, both Tampa and Pinellas were out of lockboxes.
Sign companies also are running to keep up. Often they are putting signposts together at night so they'll have something the next day to hand sign panels on.
We need to take such shortages into account when we tell Sellers when certain things will happen on our listings - no longer is it Next Day service.
