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#51

11-09-2008, 02:46 PM

Originally posted by V_RocKs

When I moved into my house, which I rent, the owner wanted $725,000. It is now worth $489.000...

When my lease is up I will have paid $90,000 in rent.

I am now considering buying the house at a $146,000 savings rent included.

My mortgage payment will now be around $2600 which is close to my rent payment. Had I bought it when I moved in it would have been $4200.

guess the moral of the story is timing is everything... if you had said "why rent?" and bought instead at the start, you would have been down all that equity and had higher payments as well

.... so it should be said that renting can often be smarter than buying depending on the market and other factors

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#52

11-09-2008, 02:56 PM

congrats, that sounds like a great deal.
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11-09-2008, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by MRock

When's the house warming???

Thanks BRO.

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11-09-2008, 04:54 PM

Originally posted by tony404

congrats, that sounds like a great deal.

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#55

11-09-2008, 05:55 PM

Originally posted by Elli

Wow,congrats on the buy! Prices here in Vancouver are starting to soften a bit, but it hasn't been a dramatic change yet.

That's not what I'm seeing on the following chart: http://www.greaterfool.ca/wp-content...ouse_20081.jpg
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#56

11-09-2008, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by Barefootsies

Good neighborhood.
One of the best school districts in county.
1967
Frame construction.

Yeah and despite all these incentives it's still.. SW Michigan. Prices were dirt cheap there before the economic collapse. Wanna guess why?
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#57

11-09-2008, 08:34 PM

Originally posted by BlackCrayon

I wish I could find something like that here in Canada. House prices don't seem to have taken much of a hit at all (at least not in the Ottawa area). I'm still waiting but I guess if they don't, its not an entirely bad thing.

yah in Ontario prices are holding up... i think once this mess is over in let's say couple of years, everyone will all of a sudden start buying houses so they won't miss out and prices will sky rocket even higher...

and btw, 88k for a house, damn man... here that place will be at least 300g's far away from down town
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#58

11-09-2008, 08:38 PM

Originally posted by Quotealex

That's not what I'm seeing on the following chart: http://www.greaterfool.ca/wp-content...ouse_20081.jpg

from 740 to 700 is nothing "major" considering dow and tsx are way down...
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11-09-2008, 08:38 PM

Glad to see you are making out... but!!!!! its Michigan..
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#60

11-10-2008, 01:22 AM

Originally posted by AdvertisingSex

nice find, but, it's STILL in Michigan

hehe yea I was thinking the same thing. The state of $1 houses. hehe congrats on the house though, it doesn't look too bad.

There are many states you can find very good deals. Texas is one of them, I was out there 2 years ago and there were countless houses in the 60k to 80k range in Dallas & Houston.

I can only imagine what's out there now. Austin and San Padre Island seemed to be the only places with high prices in that state, where it was harder to find stuff under 100k. I'm sure it's not too hard now though.

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#61

11-10-2008, 02:02 AM

Originally posted by Barefootsies

Original asking price was just under $100k (relo).
Final price after inspection knick knacks, original offer, counter, carpet, etc.
$88,000.00

what a steal .. here you wouldnt even get a decent condo for that price
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#62

11-10-2008, 04:31 AM

Originally posted by qwe

from 740 to 700 is nothing "major" considering dow and tsx are way down...

You mean from $760K to $700K in about 4 months, that is a significant drop in real estate, and it's just the beginning...
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#63

11-10-2008, 04:36 AM

Nice buy. Prices are nuts all over. It is a great time to buy but hard to get a deal in the nicer areas.
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#64

11-10-2008, 04:51 AM

Originally posted by slapass

Nice buy. Prices are nuts all over. It is a great time to buy but hard to get a deal in the nicer areas.

Yes they are.

I have seen some houses through this year from from $180,000 down to the low 100's and even 90's. Area makes a difference, as well as how long on the market. There have been times I see houses dropping 10-20k every few weeks trying to unload them.

Fucking crazy.

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11-10-2008, 04:51 AM

Originally posted by crockett

hehe yea I was thinking the same thing. The state of $1 houses.

That is the east side of the state.
I am SW side.

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