If your plan was to purchase a home sometime in the near future, you've got the market on your side, according to one local real estate agent. If you're planning on selling a home, however, there may be some tough conversations in your future. 

The early part of 2021 has been marked by a strong buyers market, and local real estate agents have been adapting to that. Some signs are showing more confidence in the economy, but those who have the most confidence are the ones looking to buy real estate. 

"Prices are becoming much more reasonable for those first-time buyers, and interest rates are helping like crazy," said Josh LeBlanc, a real estate agent with Coldwell Banker Choice. "With other rental rates dropping in town, that's allowed others to start saving for a down payment."

While the market isn't hitting equilibrium yet, it is picking up as more people get purchasing power. A buyers market can have its ups and downs, but it does reveal some promising trends as far as the local economy is concerned.

"With the number of first-time home buyers that we're seeing right now," LeBlanc said, "and the number of people that are inquiring with me about all the different housing options in town, there's renewed confidence within the economy, there's renewed confidence within the city. The Economic Development group is working extremely hard to do everything they can to do the projects and create the incentives needed to compliment the economy that we currently have or find some diversification options."

The good news for buyers, however, is a double-edged sword. Real estate agents are having to work hard on both sides of the aisle as the good news for sellers has been at times devastating news for buyers. 

"On the seller's side, I'm not going to lie, it's become a fairly heartbreaking job," said LeBlanc. "You're having to have these very difficult, tough conversations that are realistic. It crushes some dreams at times, but when your market is going through something like this, there's no time for hopes, it's what the reality is and we have to adjust to that reality." 

LeBlanc added they were seeing more and more millennial buyers who were willing to pay fair market price but wanted to have everything well taken care of for that price, so that was keeping them busy.