Planning to buy a new home? It can be a very exciting experience as you see the different houses and neighborhoods and maybe even fantasizing on the ideal home you prefer for your family. However before you make such a big and maybe even lifelong decision, there are some things that you need to consider.
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Before you start looking at the apartments for rent classifieds, sit down and consider the pro and cons of renting versus buying. If the costs involved are all that you care about or at least your main deciding factor, then you can easily compare these costs by using one of the online "rent vs. buy" calculators that you can find on many real estate websites. In the long run the monetary difference between buying and renting can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars; on the other hand, buying an apartment will give you an asset that can turn into a pretty lucrative investment, but will also decrease your saving power.
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If prices have dropped where you live, you may wonder if you should sell your home now. That depends on a lot of factors, of course, like whether you have to move for your job, whether you are upside-down on the mortgage, and whether you plan to buy another house when you sell. The latter situation is what this article is about. Psychologically, it is difficult to sell a house for $160,000 that was worth $175,000 last year, but this is becoming a common scenario in many areas. It is even tougher if you actually bought the home for $175,000 last year. None of us like to sell a home at a loss. If you had bought the home for $90,000 years ago, you could probably accept missing the top of the market.