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Great time to buy in Coral Gables

Over the last couple of months I have sold two homes in Coral Gables for under $350,000. Im talking 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with over 1,500 square feet of living area. Both were to first time home buyers and had multiple offers on the table. It seems prices have finally hit that level were first time home buyers can afford to make a purchase. Im not saying we have hit a bottom, but it sure is a great time to buy.
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October 09 - Coral Gables

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I agree with everything you wrote. I am also seeing more buyer activity and the inventory is declining. In addition, I just had a meeting with a senior property appraiser who told me that she cannot check the box "declining" on every appraisal she is doing because the numbers do not support it. She believes that the market is stabilizing, which is the first step toward appreciation. Who ever is thinking about buying property should not delay too much longer.

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October 09
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Im not saying we have hit a bottom, but it sure is a great time to buy.

Does this remind anyone else of the line from Jurassic Park (paraphrasing); "You were so focused on whether or not you could, you never stopped to consider whether or not you should."

Coral Gables, FL: -1.5% m-o-m, -4.8% q-o-q, -26% y-o-y

Since when does less bad = a great time to buy? And is it compulsory for REAs to claim, "Now is a great time to buy in [insert area of representation here]?"
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October 09
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Last I read Coral Gables sold prices are still falling from the list price. So why leave money on the table and buy now?
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October 09
Sale prices will always fall from listing prices because most homes are priced incorrectly. In many cases a competitively priced home will sell over list priced due to multiple offers.
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October 10
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Bye now before prices drop more!

Lets see:
1. $8K credit ending in six weeks. BIG slowdown in buying coming...[less demand = lower price]
2. Foreclosure moratoriums, loan workout attempts and logjams in Florida courts, slowing the arrival of distressed supply. This shadow inventory will weigh down on the market for years.[more supply = lower price]
3. End of the Fed's buying of mortgage backed securities first quarter 2010. This is what is keeping mortgage rates so low, expect rates to climb afterwards. [higher rates = lower price]
4. Option Arm recasts starting seriously in what was more expensive neighborhoods in 2010, coral gables will definitely feel this pain.
5. Florida state budget in shambles, leading to more state spending cuts to balance, and job losses.


A year from now, prices will be lower is a far safer bet than believing the weak reasoning on this thread.
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October 10
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There are many solid indicators that shows fl (especially Sfl Miami) dropping post year 2000 prices.  Take for instance 742 Paradiso Ave Coral Gables FL 33146 according to zillow this home inflated over 186% during the bubble years and now is priced at 86% lower then it's highs so yes to the gullible cool aid drinkers out there this home is a great buy considering the 8k fthb and that it was dropped 86%.. but step back and look at wide time frame and you will this home could realistically  drop another  100% since the price now is 100% above what a lot of very smart people ( without a byes' unlike the realtors here ) are predicting

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October 12
It's all speculation!  It is a great time to buy compared to before, is it the best time to buy?  Unless, you can predict the future you can't say with certainty if it's the worse or best time to buy.  Should you rent now?  Why pay for someone else's mortgage if you can start paying your own?
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November 03
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Why pay for someone else's mortgage when you could be paying your own?

If the value of the home drops and you have to sell - something that happends a lot and add on top of that the 7% in transaction costs to sell, unless you put a lot down on your house you are in the hole.  That's why its better to pay someone else's mortgage when prices are declining.

I realize that for most rea's who have nothing more than a GED its a hard concept to understand.  In markets with declining asset prices, you don't want to own, you want to rent.  Add on top of that the fact that rental vacancies are at all time highs, with rents decreasing at nearly 10% pace in many major metro markets and it becomes abundantly clear why renting makes a whole lot sense until well after the dust settles.

The risk adjusted return of renting is far higher right now then owning.  Its that simple.  Will it always be the case, no.  But right now, with essentially 10% unemployment and supply > demand, the foxhole mentality will save people a lot of trouble.

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November 03
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"rent is paying someone else's mortgage"... ok
"mortgage is paying the bank's rent"

FLA. loan delinquencies are still rising, and in FLA, foreclosures are a judicial process, which is terribly backed up now. This crisis is no where near over in Florida.

To the agents saying nobody knows the future: Does that mean nobody knows what 'rising loan delinquencies' means? does that mean nobody knows what job losses means? Nobody knows the weather either, but I'd still bet on hotter in August for Florida than today...
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November 03
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Should you rent now?  Why pay for someone else's mortgage if you can start paying your own?

For crying out loud, will you nitwits stop with this stupid line of reasoning?  I won't even try to refute is as it has already been done by numerous others.  Is this truly the best pitch you've got?
  
A better and much more accurate line would be, "Why pay for the whole mortgage when you can rent and pay only a fraction of it?"
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