Should I Buy a Used home or A New Home? Untouched and Clean The most obvious benefit to buying a new home as opposed to old, existing, or used is that it’s brand spanking new. It’s untouched, it’s clean, everything is in good working order and nothing needs to be repaired. That’s a pretty huge incentive to buy new. You won’t have to worry about the typical costs of homeownership for the first several years, right? Another benefit to buying new is that the home should have all the latest amenities. Remember when it was all the rage to have (4 comments)