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  • 3 Reasons I Wouldn't Pay Cash for a Home

    01/14/2024 11:49:06 AM PST · by where's_the_Outrage? · 83 replies
    Motley Fool ^ | Nov 2023 | Ashley Maready
    Let's be honest: While I intend to buy a house next year, and have just met my savings goal to make it happen, I'm not capable of paying cash for the entire purchase. Instead, I'll be shopping around with the best mortgage lenders and financing my home purchase (except for my down payment). But in some alternate universe where I have more money to throw at a home purchase, I still wouldn't buy a house outright in cash. Here's why -- as well as you might want to think twice, too. 1. A home is not a liquid asset While...
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  • Home-buying season the worst in at least 50 years

    09/26/2011 4:30:18 PM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 24 replies
    AP via Yahoo! News ^ | September 26, 2011 | Derek Kravitz, AP Real Estate Writer
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The home-buying season was a bust. March through August are typically the peak buying months. But this time, Americans bought fewer new homes in that stretch than in any other six-month period since record-keeping began a half-century ago. And sales of previously occupied homes didn't fare much better. They nearly matched 2009's total for the peak buying months. And that was the worst since 1997. Combined, total sales this spring and summer were the weakest on records dating to 1963. The figures underscore how badly the housing market is faring and suggest that a recovery is years...
  • Smart Money: Forget the Market. Buy a House

    08/19/2011 8:01:29 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 18 replies
    Smart Money ^ | 08/19/2011 | Jilian Mincer
    With the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 400 points today, and many market experts predicting more volatility ahead, some advisers are recommending their clients put some of their cash to another use: To buy that house or summer home at the shore. Getty ImagesPotential homebuyers certainly have plenty of incentives: Home prices are still way down in many parts of the country, and mortgage rates are nearing their all-time lows. Consider: The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell 1 basis point this week, to 4.45 percent — just a few basis points above the record low hit in October...