Glenn Ritchie
Glenn Ritchie, Realtor First Team Real Estate Inc.
Glenn Ritchie

Buying Services for Home Buyers


 


Congratulations!  You have decided to purchase a home, or are thinking about buying one.  You'll be joining the ranks of hundreds of families who realize that home ownership offers a number of benefits including building equity, saving for the future, and creating an environment for your family. At the present time 71% of the population now own a home- a new record high for 2008. 

It will be very interesting to see how 2009 ends up in the Real Estate market. In any case 2008 has been a great year myself and all my happy buyers. I know the inventory and how to obtain the best deal for my clients. Call me, as I can help you obtain your dream.                                 

                           Don't believe the present cycle of buying and selling.

  • The "Good buy" Season - October thru February.    A. Sales volume drops another 18% the avg for the past 8 yrs;  B. Listing volume begins a steady decrease. a) lowest volume of listings for the year; C. Motivated sellers reduce prices to lowest levels; D. Buyers come in and acquire over 12,000 homes during this period.
  • The "Listing" Season - February thru June;  A. Lowest amount of homes on the market; B. Buyers enter the market in record numbers; C. Prices begin to rise rapidly as inventories continue to fail; D. If your going to sell, this is the time period to do it- and for the top dollar!! 

Please contact me if you have any questions about buying a home in Orange County or elsewhere in the area. <glennritchie@firstteam.com>


History has shown us that the relationship between interest rates and home prices rarely allow for the lowest rate and the lowest price at the same time. Buy that  property now while rates remain low and secure a few extra years of tax deductions.

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