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Outgrowing your Condo or Townhouse?

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Real Estate Agent with Long and Foster Real Estate VA License # 0225089470

Outgrowing your condo or townhouse?  Looking for something with more room?  There is good news on the horizon.  Given the current market conditions, your next home is more affordable now than it may ever be.

Waiting for your current home to regain the equity you had a few years ago, may see you paying more for your next house than you need to.  As the market comes back and home values go back up, so is the value of your next home going up.

Want to know if you can afford to rent your current residence and move on to something with more space?  Consulting a Realtor before you determine what your next move will be is the first move.  I can give you the market rate for rentals in your current neighborhood, and you may be surprised to find how closely it can come to covering your current mortgage payment.  And any diference you pay out of pocket between your rental income and mortgage payment may be tax deductible.

There are options out there to help you get into the home you need now, without waiting for the market to rebound.  Give me a call and we'll look at the options.

Chris Ann Cleland, Long & Foster, Gainesville, VA. 

703-402-0037 or chrisann@longandfoster.com

Comments(10)

Gary Woltal
Keller Williams Realty - Flower Mound, TX
Assoc. Broker Realtor SFR Dallas Ft. Worth

Chris Ann, sounds like you are the one with all the answers. YOU ARE of course. Love those cats!!

Aug 26, 2008 12:30 PM
Audrey June-Forshey
RE/MAX Realty Services - Darnestown, MD
GRI, Gaithersburg, MD

Good stuff.  Getting started in the right place is always the way to have a successful buying experience.

Aug 26, 2008 12:55 PM
Richard Weisser
Richard Weisser Realty - Newnan, GA
Richard Weisser Retired Real Estate Professional

Chris Ann...

Wise advice, the market plays both ends of the deal!

Aug 26, 2008 02:26 PM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Chris Ann:  A great post.  It would be most advantageous for an owner to rent their present townhouse... and purchase now while values are depressed.  Then, they can put their rental townhouse up for sale when the market rebounds.  Great idea... thanks for sharing.  And... a very cute kitty picture.  :)

Aug 26, 2008 06:18 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Gary:  I am using exclusively my own photos from this point forward.  So you may see a lot of cats.  The advice I was given by a respected individual who regularly uses an online stock photography source turned out to be incorrect.  Went back and read their policy for myself (which I should have done to begin with). 

Aug 27, 2008 02:08 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Audrey:  Getting started at the right time is important too!  And too many cramped homeowners are out there waiting for their equity to come back.  But the price of that larger home they need is going to keep getting more expensive when that happens to, so where's the win?

Aug 27, 2008 02:10 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Richard:  The only "win" I can think of in this market.  But so many home owners are hesitant of becoming landlords.  The dollars and cents make that idea easier to swallow.

Aug 27, 2008 02:11 AM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Karen Anne:  I just commented to Gary above that I will be using my own photos from here on out.  You may see an ocassional "Chris Ann Clip Art Orginal".  A stick figure drawn with a sharpie. 

Aug 27, 2008 02:12 AM
Anne Clark
Metro Referrals - Gainesville, VA

What a cute picture for a very good message for buyers in this market.  Now is a great time to move up and buy a bigger home.

Oct 11, 2010 02:56 PM
Chris Ann Cleland
Long and Foster Real Estate - Gainesville, VA
Associate Broker, Bristow, VA

Anne:  I think there will be a lot of people kicking themselves if they don't take advantage of this market.

Oct 11, 2010 03:22 PM