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When is the Best time to buy a home?

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Steele Realty

When is the Best time to buy a home?

When you can afford it and nobody else is! Seems like the Buyers these days are a lot like bugs just running out of a box.

When is the Best time to buy a home?

Seems like a redundant question we face as Real Estate Professionals. How many times have you been asked this question? "When is the Best time to buy a home" or "Is it a good time to buy a home"

Everyone has a different answer but, most of the time in our profession it is always a good time. There are only a few people who have played the Real Estate Market perfectly and those people usually are not asking you but, telling you it is time to Sell or Buy.

The funniest part is that most of the time when a consumer is asking this question they already have their thoughts set in stone and no matter what you say it will not change.

Five quick questions to ask your perspective Buyer:

  1. Have you ever purchased a home before? If so, when was it? If not, why not?
  2. Are you planning on living in your next home for this community or city for the next 10 years?
  3. Would you rather own a piece of land or an imaginary figure that shows up on your computer screen?
  4. Do you plan on living in a house for the next 10 years? If so, why pay someone elses mortgage to live where you want to live?
  5. Do you remember when properties were selling really fast for a lot of money?

Do also remember saying to yourself I wish I had bought a bunch places a couple of years ago! Then on the flip side of that coin hearing or saying I wish I had sold my places back then!

The point is nobody really knows when "the best time is to buy or sell" and everyone wishes they bought when nobody else was.

Well that time seems like it is hear again so let get out and buy something...

 

Ralph Gorgoglione
Metro Life Homes - Palm Springs, CA
California and Hawaii Real Estate (310) 497-9407

The best time to buy is NOW!!

WoooHooh!!

OK, this is why you should never drink and type........

Aug 11, 2010 06:52 PM
Jack Mossman - The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Stockton
The Nines Team At Keller Williams - Stockton, CA
The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Stockton

Cody - OK - what he (Ralph) said - and I'm not drinking!  Find what causes the fear and help them set it aside and look toward the future .... and I mean both buyers and sellers have fear factors. 

Aug 11, 2010 06:58 PM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

The best time to purchase a home is as soon as you can afford to.  Now is a perfect time when the rates are low and the prices are low.

Aug 11, 2010 07:11 PM
Cody Steele
Steele Realty - Encinitas, CA

Ralph... I think you might be on to something! Get them Drunk and then convince them it is the best time to Buy or Sell! Haven't tried it yet and I bet it could work at least until I get the papers signed:) 

Just kidding, thanks for the feedback!

Aug 12, 2010 03:24 AM
Mark Brian
Silver Star Real Estate LLC - Anderson, SC
Anderson SC Realtor

Excellent advice because for every person, property and location it is a different answer!

Aug 17, 2010 03:57 AM