Monday 12 October 2009

There Was Never A Better Time To Invest In Real Estate

By James Stacker

The current economic crisis and the possibility of an impending recession has driven the average real estate market, which was built on speculation and gambling to a virtual standstill. The credit that normally sustained it has dried up as savings associations have started to en masse recall their loans and to rain foreclosures down upon those who have defaulted.

A direct side effect has been the falling of house prices to their lowest point in many years as debt weary owners wanting to unload their properties before they are foreclosed are selling their houses for far below their market value. This means that the opportunity to purchase investment properties is here.

There is always a market for reasonably priced good homes even in the eye of a potentially volatile financial climate. Also, housing markets tend to be cyclical and prices will eventually bounce back so their current nadir, as long as it lasts, may be the end opportunity to grab investment properties at such bargain prices. The amount of property anxiously on sale at more than reasonable prices fringes on the incredible.

Investors who are well versed enough in real estate, are aware of market fluxuations and are willing to run the risk which can be as high or low as the investor feels ok with stand to make a huge return in the middle and long term.

Whether an investor is attempting to invest in a property to resell it immediately or to renovate before selling, this is a fantastic time. As long as the investor is disciplined, evenhanded, methodical and not seeking to make a quick and simple buck there has not been as a propitious time to get valuable properties on the cheap in quite a while. This is no time for speculators or amateurs who depend upon luck and smooth talk. For serious businessmen, however, the opportunities are yours for the taking.

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