Although market conditions remained difficult for realtors and sellers of single family homes this past year in Bulloch County, real estate activity increased slightly over the year before. Local realtor Shannon Grindler estimated that 370 homes would be sold in 2011, representing an 18-percent increase over 2010. Whereas the increase in the number of home sales is certainly a positive, Grindler pointed out that not all of the news is good news.