5 Reasons December is the Best Time to Buy Your New Home

Is a new home at the top of your Christmas wish list but you are hesitant to ink up on a new home so late in the year? Here are six reasons why December is the best time time buy your new home.

1. At this time of the year, homes are decorated for the holidays. While some may find it hard to see around an individual’s tastes when visiting homes for sale, this time of the year will help envision a holiday gatherings. It will also help determine if your neighbors are in line with your idea of holiday decorating to give you a real feel for your fit in the neighborhood.
2. Selection is excellent. Dallas is known for a wide variety of tastes and locations, and there are homes in every price point.
3. Fewer buyers are looking for homes during the holidays, making this the perfect time for you to buy with less competition.
4. Now is the perfect time to gear yourself up for keeping your New Year’s resolution. Move into your dream home that includes space for an exercise room, a home office, a reading nook or a learning center for the kids, what you need to keep yourself on track!
5. I can make myself available to you anytime that fits your schedule best, so use that vacation time that is about to expire on finding your stay-cation home.
6. Change is good! Begin 2014 realizing your dream of home ownership and see what other dreams are realized as the year develops!

If you are ready to find your dream home, do not hesitate to call me today! I can answer any questions you might have and pride myself on making this process as simple as possible for my clients.

But how do I know what I want??

This question may seem silly, because we believe we know what we want. It is just a matter of finding it. However truly this question is a big deal when it comes to Real Estate. First time home buyers get swept up with HGTV and think every house has granite or that they must MUST have 4 bedrooms because someone may visit and have to spend the night. Even people who have bought and sold several houses need to sit down and really come up with a couple lists.

A great REALTOR will sit down with a client (preferably in their current home) and conduct a thorough interview. This helps them become the expert on the buyer, in order to find them the perfect house. Let’s go over some questions to think about beyond, 3bed/2bath/2car garage.

• If you don’t have your heart set on a specific location, think about how often you go to the city, or lake, or your favorite shops. Include these into your location ideas, on top of your place of work or school.
• Honestly, how often do you have overnight guests? Do you need to have a room dedicated to for them or can a blow up mattress in the office suffice that once or twice a year Auntie Em drops by.
• Do you have children or will you in the period of time you will live in the house? What kind of schools, parks, activities will you need around you for them?
• Do you garden? Do you want to garden? Have you ever maintained a yard of any size and what are your feelings about keeping up watering and mowing?
• Think over how you spend your down time, are you an active couple that tries to go biking and hiking every weekend, we may want to live farther out of the city? Are you a socialite that NEEDS to be around people and happening things all the time, probably don’t want to get stuck in the suburbs?
• Do you have time, energy and money for a “fixer-upper” or will you need something that is move in ready?

Notice we haven’t even gotten to how many bedrooms, or the finishes in the property. Really be as detailed as possible with everything you are thinking. Then it will be a matter of prioritizing your list. It is RARE to find a property that meets all your hopes and dreams in the right price range and location! Even if you built it from scratch. So know going in, if you pick a great REALTOR they will take your big list and work with you on what is possible and what could be the unicorn house 🙂