Friday, August 24, 2012

Now Is The Time To Purchase That Pretty Home

By Ricky Bobby Summers


A solid foundation of knowledge can be built that will help you better understand what you need to know about real estate. When you present yourself with this knowledge you will be ensuring that you are not making one of those rookie mistakes that could spell the end of your career in real estate as well as your credit rating. Below we are going to explore one facet of this knowledge, real estate prices. We hope that you will walk away with a better understanding of how real estate prices affect investing.

The stronger the state of economics, the better it is for business not to mention real estate. One of the reasons is that when economics is stronger it raises property prices because the buyer gets reassured that there will be a rise in the demand for housing, and a rise in the value of his property which will enable him to sell it again for a profit. When considering the BIS Quarterly Review, it indicates that a 1% rise of GNP is linked with 1% to 4% rise of property price after 3 years.

Real estate prices cannot be pinned down to a few solitary factors. As brokers love to tell you, location is next to godliness. This refers to more than just the city or part of the town you are looking at. Prices for a property can change drastically with every street, neighborhood and even every building. A common example would be a house located in the same street as a KFC outlet, or a house in the corner of the street, both of which will be higher priced than a house in the center of a non-commercial street. Similarly, a room in a building with Microsoft's service center, or a room with a window that looks upon a garden will cost you more than a room with the view of a barren field.

Canada, with a total population of just over 33 million, is a much smaller real estate market. It has not experienced the same turmoil as the United States because of much stricter banking and lending laws. However, the Canadian real estate market has declined both in the total number of home sales and in average prices.

There are many factors that go into selling or buying when it comes to real estate. Some of the factors are dependent on understanding the game. This includes pricing. Specifically, there is more than on price for a home, neighborhood and city. The trick is to figure out what they mean. Different prices? How could there be different prices on a home? That makes no sense! Well, remember we are talking about a function of finance, which is rarely a straightforward, logical concept.

In a way, your realtor wants the same thing, and they want the house to sell rather quickly. They want the best fair price for your home because the higher the selling cost, they higher their commission. To achieve fair market value on your home, your realtor will use a comparative market analysis, which is based on information from several similar properties in your area. A good, fair analysis will use information from properties that are on the market, ones that recently sold, and ones that were taken off of the market because they did not sell.

The Las Vegas area has also seen a drastic decline in home prices with the current median home price being $138,500, down from $317,400 in. Currently, Orlando, Fl also sits in the storm of declining home prices. Orlando has seen a 26% decrease in home prices, along with many other national tourist attraction cities. These cities usually have higher home sales due the sale of vacation properties and second homes.

Back in the late 1990's and in the early part of the 2000's banks had tougher guidelines to purchase a property when using conventional financing. Banks would lend you money based on your debt to income ratio and your credit score. Back then, a maximum of 30 percent (sometimes up to 40 percent) of your income could be used toward a mortgage payment. Meaning, if your monthly income is $2,000, you could qualify for a mortgage payment around $600 including principal, interest, taxes, and insurance (PITI). Most investment properties required a 20 percent down payment and proof that you could afford the investment mortgage payment in addition to your residential mortgage payment.



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