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7 Key Reasons Why NOW is the Prime Time to Buy a Home

Reblogger Ricki Eichler McCallum
Real Estate Broker/Owner with CastNet Realty TREC#263257

This is such a great post I had to re-blog it.  Thank you Danny, for some great information and a reminder to those who are thinking about buying.  There has never been a better time to buy in my opinion than Now!

Original content by Danny Frank TREC # 0524744

7 Key Reasons Why NOW is the Prime Time to Buy a Home


1. Home affordability is at an all-time high.

The median mortgage payment on the median priced home as a percentage of the median household income is lower than it's been in a generation.


2. Mortgage rates have reached rock bottom.

As interest rates start to inch back upwards, monthly payments and total loan costs will spike upwards.


3. Buy Now; Buy Low!

After declining nearly three years, home prices are stabilizing.


4. Sellers are motivated.

This means that buyers have the upper hand! From banks looking to dispose of foreclosed properties to homeowners who are fiercely competing among an excess of housing inventory, buyers have untold choices and negotiating power.


5. Financing is readily available for qualified buyers!

Banks are getting back in the game and ready to lend to well-qualified buyers.


6. Owning vs. renting is increasingly favorable.

Since 2009, the average principal and interest payment has fallen below the average rental rates, and the gap is now wider than it's been in the past 22 years.


7. Homeownership is at the core of the American Dream!

Owning a home is critical to financial stability and wealth building. It's a forced savings account, a place to live and a fabulous tax deduction.


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Kim Carlson 480-993-9384
www.NowSellingAZHomes.com - Mesa, AZ
Valley of the Sun Realtor, Seller Specialist

Good Morning Ricki, I agree it's a great time to buy although boy, it's hard to get a home here in the valley of the sun! They are like Hotcakes! 

Mar 11, 2012 01:13 AM
Li Read
Sea to Sky Premier Properties (Salt Spring) - Salt Spring Island, BC
Caring expertise...knowledge for you!

Says it all!   Worthy reblog...thank you!

Mar 11, 2012 03:36 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Kim,   So glad to hear that!

Hi Sea To Sky,   Thanks, I thought so too.  Thanks Danny!

Mar 11, 2012 11:12 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

HiCarl & Ceil,   I dont see your comment anymore but got it on email.  Have a good evening. :)

Mar 11, 2012 11:24 AM
Mari Montgomery
Mari Realty - Huntsville, TX
Mari Realty

Great Re-Blog, Ricki.  I sure have missed my firends at AR.  I have been snowed under, but now I have an assistant!  Yay!

Mar 17, 2012 09:42 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hey Mari,  good for you.  Busy is good!

Mar 17, 2012 11:13 AM
Karen Anne Stone
New Home Hunters of Fort Worth and Tarrant County - Fort Worth, TX
Fort Worth Real Estate

Ricki... the way I put it is... "there's never been a better time to buy real estate."  And, that pretty much really IS true.

May 12, 2012 04:33 AM
Ricki Eichler McCallum
CastNet Realty - Corpus Christi, TX
Broker,GRI,ABR, e-Pro, TAHS

Hi Karen Anne,   I agree.  I've never seen such good deals as I am seeing right now.  Wish I had more money to invest! :)

May 12, 2012 10:52 PM