SI Real Estate Tampa and The Beaches

Greetings! Here is a great article we came across written by Blanche Evans. We are passing it along to you because she did such a great job of stating important principles of real estate in very basic terms. This is knowledge we can all use to make smart home-buying decisions. Enjoy! Best Wishes, The Team at SI Real Estate Six Signs It's Time For Home Buyers To Buy If you're waiting for signs of a housing bottom, join the club. Nobody blows a whistle and say, "It's time to buy!" That's why market timing is an art, not a science, but you can improve your odds of buying wisely. First, stop paying attention to the national media. Fear has sidelined buyers even in good markets, and that's exactly when you need to take advantage -- before other buyers wise up. Second, be ready to pounce when you see the home you want. The time is right to buy when you see these signs in your marketplace: 1. Inventories start to decline. That means that the best buys are leavin...

From a buyer’s perspective, the Florida real estate market is in a great position to allow investors to get in on the ground floor of a wonderful real estate opportunity. With a wide selection of favorably priced homes to choose from, buyers have a great position of strength. Sellers are motivated !!! With the inevitable influx of baby boomers and other newly relocating families to Florida, the current real estate inventory will certainly turn over . Net result: home values start to increase in price and appreciate once again in value. It has also been our observation that many European investors are expressing great interest in our local market. We are getting the sense that foreign investors are able to make a more objective analysis of our market, without being influenced by all the negative media that swirls around the market’s downturn. The lesson here is when it comes to using one’s money to invest in any sort of market, it is necessary to be able to see the forest through the tr...