Now she goes to bed fearing that the market has stalled, that the value is leaking from her apartment with each passing day.
"That's when the market stalled because we were edging toward recession," Mr. Miller said.
But there are indications that the market did not stall there for long.
But the market stalled, although the Nasdaq managed a few minutes above 2,000 on Wednesday.
But the hefty sales certainly help explain why, even as money has been flooding into equity mutual funds, the overall market has stalled this year.
When the ratio has fallen below 80 percent in the last four years the municipal market has stalled and fallen.
Many people have given examples of areas in which the internal market is still stalling.
Mario Monti was clear in his recent work that the single market had stalled.
Then the rental market stalled, and her broker was unable to rent the apartment.
The market almost stalled in late 2008, when the federal tax credit was set to expire.