There have been numerous stories lately about how the housing market is starting to stabilize or recover.

Try telling that to my neighbors who have their homes on the market.

For-sale signs began popping up along the tree-lined street in Jamaica Plain where my home sits around the beginning of June.

Four homes came on the market this summer – including two next door to each other. All of them belong to longtime owners and residents.

One of the homes – a large elegant residence — is on the market for over $1.8 million, while the other homes are more moderately priced.

A few days ago, I was a bit relieve to see that one, a Ranch with a swimming pool in the backyard, had a sale pending sign on it.

But the other homes haven’t had such luck — this despite the fact that the neighborhood is in a desirable location, close to the Longwood Hospital area, Jamaica Pond and Arnold Arboretum and an easy commute to downtown Boston.  

I guess three months or so on the market isn’t such a long time.

But if November rolls around and these homes still haven’t moved, that’s another story.