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Article #227: Now Is Not A Good Or Bad Time To Buy Real Estate

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People always ask me if this is a good purchase a property I look at how the
time to buy real estate. Or they ask me appreciation of the neighborhood compares
if now is a bad time to buy real estate. to other neighborhoods in the same city.
I have the same answer for both I'm not looking for a property that
questions: I don't know. More always appreciates. I'm looking for a
importantly, I don't care. Don't get me property that does better than average in
wrong-if you're buying a property and a slow market. This might mean it
plan to flip it in a few months, then the depreciates at a slower rate. I also
current direction of the market is very want a neighborhood that appreciates at a
relevant. But if you're buying a house greater rate than average when the market
to live in its less important. Ok, is hot. While its hard to find anything
wait-let me explain that. I've been in other than general appreciation rates for
real estate a long time, and have made a a city, a good place to start is a local
decent amount of money buying and selling realtor who knows the market well, and
properties. But whether the market is who can tell you how different
going up or down, I continue to buy and neighborhoods have performed in the past.
sell properties. Regardless of whether Secondly, I look for properties in what I
the market is hot or cold, it's going to call "emerging areas." In the past, I've
change at some point in the future. A seen the largest appreciation for
"hot" market will cool down. A "cool" properties that were not in stellar
market will heat up. Sure, it would be neighborhoods, but properties in
helpful to know the exact time a market "rougher" areas that were improving.
will turn. Indeed, there are a lot of Even if the market is currently cool
people that say they know exactly when these properties can be purchased
the market will turn. They're all "100% relatively cheaply. And if you wait for
sure, but no one agrees. Because it's the next hot cycle these areas might turn
impossible to be "100% sure." Simply from transitional neighborhoods to the
knowing that the market will change in new "hot spot." While I can't predict
the future doesn't give you a competitive when a market will turn, I do look for
advantage, anyway. It's like saying it different things that might affect a
will rain at some point in the neighborhood. Is there a new strip mine
future-it's true, but it doesn't help you moving into an area? It might be a good
know when to bring an umbrella. Lets idea to avoid surrounding neighborhoods.
look at an example. I have a friend in On the other hand, there could be a new
California. We talked about the development that might increase
fundamental problems with the California properties. For instance, if you hear
market, like lax regulation enforcement. that an old chemical factory is about to
He told me he was happy that he hadn't be turned into a mixed-use development
purchased a specific property recently, with cute little shops and expensive
because he knew the market was going to houses, it might be a good idea to look
tank. So we talked about the property. at surrounding neighborhoods. In summary,
It turns out that the property he almost it's hard to predict the turns of the
purchased at the time was worth 350k. It real estate market. But if you do your
eventually rose in value to 800k at the research on the property you are
peak. Today it's worth 740k. (Oops.) My interested in and the comparative
point is that knowing the market will appreciation of your neighborhood, you
eventually change is not as helpful as can ride out the ebbs and flows of the
knowing when the market will change. In market and come out ahead in the end.
the last 20 years, the Austin real estate Ki Gray lives in Austin Texas and works
market has gone through many cycles. as a realtor and an investor in the
Simply knowing that there are more cycles Austin Real Estate market. When Ki is
in the future is not helpful. If you are not investigating the properties he
buying a house to live in, its possible enjoys spending time at the local parks
you'll see many hot and cold cycles in that pepper the Austin Landscape. His
the real estate market before you sell company Escapeso Realty offers a free
your home. So what's important? When I search of the Austin MLS.






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