BROOKSVILLE, Fla. — To hear the dealers tell it, the nationwide crisis in the housing market has largely missed the home-on-wheels crowd, at least for those people willing and able to spend big bucks on luxury recreation vehicles.

"People are buying now rather than putting their money in the stock market," T.R. Fulks of Dream RV in Bradenton said Wednesday at the 28th annual Family Motor Coach Association rally at the Hernando County Airport.

"We have been as busy as last year," added Dan Wylie of the same dealership. The $5,000 to $100,000 market is the most active for his customers, he said.