Despite speaking to a room packed with Realtors today, Gov. Chris Gregoire had limited comments on the topic of real estate.

She did provide a bit of a pick-me-up: “We can go out and say woe is me … don’t by a home or don't buy a car. Or we can truly get the facts out about the truth about our economy. If you want to buy a home, you can buy a home. If you want to sell a home, we’ll find a buyer.”

She added: "Keep it up, don’t let what you see on TV or the presidential debates discourage you about Washington’s economy," which got a lot of applause.

Gregoire had a lot of stats related to exports and the state budget. But none related to housing sales activity or prices. The median home price in Pierce County was down 2.5 percent in January compared to the same month in 2007, according to the Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

For more on what the governor said, see my post on another TNT blog, Biz Buzz, here.

I’ll be spending the lunch hour listening to Gov. Chris Gregoire address local Realtors in Fircrest today.

Any guesses on what she might say? Last month, the same month that median home price ended up declining year-over-year in Pierce County by 2.5 percent, she told a statewide gathering of Realtors in Olympia that it was a great time to buy.

According to an Associated Press story out of the meeting, she said, “There is no good reason for a slowing of home purchasing in the state of Washington today.”

And, like so many others, she blamed the media, saying she sometimes wishes people wouldn’t watch the evening news with its mortgage meltdown and pending-recession stories.

Tune in later for an update on what message Gregoire brings to the South Sound.