It wasn't that long ago that people
were saying just buy real estate it always goes up in value. At that
time, home prices were increasing rapidly and many people thought that if they
didn't buy a home that they may never have another chance. How long ago was
that? Well, the market changed and we all know what's happened since. A good
question to ask is how can I profit in the midst of adversity?
What's happening in real estate market
now? In simple terms, there are a large number of new homes, foreclosures and
resale homes listings on the market severely depressing home prices. The bright
spot is that the number of real estate transactions has been increasing; so
there are people that are taking advantage of the cheap home prices.
As the inventory of new, resale and
home foreclosures is gobbled up by the brave first-time home buyers and savvy real
estate investors the price of homes will stabilize. When this happens, all of
the people thought about buying will become motivated buyers but the majority of
the bargain-priced homes will be gone. At that point home prices will begin to
increase and then everyone will want
to buy real estate again.
A couple of years ago when home prices were
going up every month everyone wanted to buy real estate; there were multiple
offers on every listing and buyers were paying top dollar for the opportunity
to buy a home. Now the same properties are in foreclosure and selling
for 40 to 60 % less and most people
are afraid to buy. Hard to understand...
The statement that real estate always goes up in value
really has been true over the long term. Short-term real estate investors can make a lot
of money when their timing is
perfect; if their timing is off, they can also lose. The long term real estate investors have made fortunes buying homes at
low prices and keeping them as rentals or selling when the real estate market is hot. It's a wonderful concept when it works!
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