HouseS for Sale

Our neighborhood is pretty small. Mostly retired people who have lived in the same house for many years.
House #5 went up for sale yesterday. Yikes! We have lived here 5 years and Sharen & Dup 9 years in their house and this is the most houses for sale in all the years combined.
2 of the houses are retired people who have houses elsewhere and realized the cost of two homes is too much.
1 more is a man and his kids (lost his wife to cancer 2 yrs ago) and his job transferred him to Seattle. This house is only 2 doors down. The Realtors brought all kinds of furniture in yesterday for the staging. The house has really cute curb appeal. I got nosy and peeked in the windows when the sign went up to check out the staging inside. I think that would be a cool job!
I don't know about the other 2, but I pray that it's voluntary and not foreclosures.