Richard DiBona's Hayward Blog » Add new tag http://richdibona.com Realty World - Neighbors Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:37:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Sit it out, Or ride it out http://richdibona.com/2009/05/26/sit-it-out-or-ride-it-out/ http://richdibona.com/2009/05/26/sit-it-out-or-ride-it-out/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 21:01:11 +0000 Richard DiBona http://richdibona.com/?p=4 Many people ask  “Is this a good time to buy a house?”.  Sure it is. Right now there’s money that banks are loaning; interest rates are low; there are properties available.

So what’s holding some people back? Fear that the market will further erode, or that interest rates will go up too fast. Those things could happen – or maybe not!

It really has a great deal to do with what one’s personal outlook is.  If you believe it then it becomes so.  Do nothing – sit it out – until the market changes. It just might get worse. But, again the market just may have gotten as bad as it will get.

Or do something – you can make a decision to act sooner and – ride it out – come what may.  Buy what you can truly afford through thick or thin and you just might have gotten the home you really want.

To help prepare yourself to become an informed buyer, check out this recent article  San Jose Mercury News “Making the Homeowner Leap”
 http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12406192?I…

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