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Thread ID: 109369 2010-05-05 10:09:00 Is now a good time to .... beetle (243) PC World Chat
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882489 2010-05-06 02:05:00 ok different tack............. who out there is buying or selling there house?


It's a crap time. Unless you're buying. In which case it's a great time.
So long as you have a big deposit cause the banks are meaner now.


If you need any advice, just ask, we are well practiced in selling at the wrong time - we could start one of those TV real estate programs:

How To Buy and Sell and Not Make Any Money.

Or

How to Sell At A Loss.

Or

Buying At The Peak and Selling At the Worst Time.
pctek (84)
882490 2010-05-06 03:32:00 Interest rates are tipped to rise either the middle or end of this year. So if you were to buy, you'd be best to lock current rates before they increase. utopian201 (6245)
882491 2010-05-06 03:52:00 It's a crap time. Unless you're buying. In which case it's a great time.
So long as you have a big deposit cause the banks are meaner now.


If you need any advice, just ask, we are well practiced in selling at the wrong time - we could start one of those TV real estate programs:

How To Buy and Sell and Not Make Any Money.

Or

How to Sell At A Loss.

Or

Buying At The Peak and Selling At the Worst Time.

That's what I like about you. You always look on the bright side - always something positive to say.:rolleyes:
Roscoe (6288)
882492 2010-05-06 04:17:00 I believe its a fairly good time to be buying as long as its for medium or long term. Its a bad time to buy if you plan to sell in the short term for a profit (do up a house and get out etc).

The economy is on the up but we will probably not see another housing boom or slump any time soon "thankfully".

If your job is secure and you can sustain a mortgage rate increase of maybe 2% over the next year then I cant see why not.
Battleneter2 (9361)
882493 2010-05-06 04:40:00 That's what I like about you. You always look on the bright side - always something positive to say.:rolleyes:

Well I could sink into a depression, but what the hell.......
pctek (84)
882494 2010-05-06 04:41:00 It's just being so cheerful that keeps her going. ;) R2x1 (4628)
882495 2010-05-06 08:37:00 It's just being so cheerful that keeps her going. ;)

It must be hard, smiling in the face of such adversity. Perhaps the reason for the cheery disposition is that she is an avid reader of Ambrose Bierce, in his book "The Devil's Dictionary," where he gave the definition, "To be positive: to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.":)
Roscoe (6288)
882496 2010-05-06 08:51:00 :lol: :lol: R2x1 (4628)
882497 2010-05-07 02:25:00 ok the idea is to sell what i have and move to a different suburb, with a slightly smaller section and if need be a smaller house.......... i only have a half morgage of what the GV on the house is so.......... unless i do something drastically wrong i should break even.............. i dont expect a profit. but i would be happy just to move.
i love my house, it has the size and space and everything i want but i hate the suburb.......... i thought i would get used to it, but nuh its not happening........... and yes i have a job, im a early childhood teacher, and if i wanted to i could get more hours or a different job for more pay. but i like where i work.
im willing to make sacrifices to go to a better place.

i have been in the house 2 1/2 years and currently paying more than the morgage dictates, so im a win i guess?
if the house sold, i would be in the same market to buy,
beetle.
beetle (243)
882498 2010-05-07 02:41:00 Tough decision. R2x1 (4628)
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