Re-blog: Real Estate Recovery …………. Rent vs. Buying
I like sharing good news! This blog by George Souto is excellent news for current and future home owners, not so much for renters though. The Central Maryland rental market is definitely heating up: good properties are renting fast, multiple applications are becoming the rule and choices for single family homes below $2,000 are far and few between.
Lately the forecast for Real Estate Recovery has not been very optimistic. But I believe that we in the Real Estate Industry need to try to find whatever silver lining there may be during this challenging time in our industry.
Today I read a report stating that Trulia had reported that “Buying a home fell below renting costs in 74 percent of the country’s 50 largest cities over July, with 12 percent of cities seeing higher price tags for apartments than for houses,” That to me is encouraging, because it may cause Buyers to consider purchasing a home sooner than later.
As I wrote earlier this week, mortgage rates and home prices are at the lowest they have been in a long time, but this in its self has not been enough of a reason in most parts of the country, to motivate nervous Buyers to purchase. If renters are seeing their rents going up, while a monthly mortgage payment for similar size living space is going down, then the decision to purchase should be an easy one.
Shelter is not a choice, it is one of our basic needs, and it would make sense to me to provide for that basic need in the most economical way possible. If the figures provided by Trulia are correct, the best economical decision would be to purchase.
It would be great if the news media would report this news more than they have, instead of the doom and gloom that we hear day after day. There is positive news out there, and if the news media is not going to publicize it and bring it to light, then it is up to us in the Real Estate Industry to let the public know that there are positive signs that can contribute to a Real Estate Recovery.
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