SPRINGTIME
Historically the best time for families to buy or sell a home. Sellers waiting for spring can prepare the home for market and buyers know that spring time always offers enough choices for them to find that just right home in the just right neighborhood for a little less than they’d want to pay.
Springtime is when the American dream comes alive. Coincidentally, the great American pastime of baseball and home buying both spring into the American psyche at the same time each year. Although many families are still taking advantage of weekends at the ball park, baseball and apple pie, and rooting for the home team others are taking advantage of the time to buy a family home. This spring brings more opportunities to get in the game than I can remember. Buyers are finding that just right family home and some are cherry picking the very best while many others are watching from the sidelines.
Buyers are finding that sellers today are offering much more than just a great price. The homes that are selling are the very best avaialble, in pristine condition. They are priced competitively and typically sellers are very negotiable. Sellers are paying closing costs, giving away TV’s and trips and offering advanced maintenance payments. Price pressure on sellers is greater than ever. Short sales, bank foreclosures and auctions are todays competition as much as anything is.
Buyers are making great deals and finding great financing. Sellers are offering financing in order to move and lenders have begun offering FHA or other types of low out of pocket financing for qualified buyers. Smart buyers today are obtaining financing before they begin the buying process. Locking up a great deal depends on how quickly a buyer is able to get funded.
Some folks are taking full advantage of this 2008 home buying season. We’re taking buyers to closings this month on single family homes sold well below appraised values. Some with FHA financing, low down payments and low fixed rate mortgages. Others with various types of down payments and financing and still others waiting for answers from lenders on foreclosure offers.
If you’d like to get in the game and win give me a call. 561-306-6736.
We can help get you financed and help find your great deal.
If you have a great property to sell, call me we may have someone interested in it.
