| While many buyers in the luxury real estate markets can freeze into a 'wait-and-see' mode when pricing and sales volume drop, those willing to upgrade could experience the ultimate buying opportunity. Here is why:
1. Imagine you live in a $4 million home, and the market is down 20%. You'd have to sell that home for around $3,2 million, a loss of around $800,000. Assuming you are buying a $10 million home that is also down 20%, that home should cost $2 million less, a substantive savings of around $1.2 million net.
2. Assume you live in a $4 million home and the markets rise 20% allowing you to sell your home for $4.8 million. Unfortunately, if the market is up 20% across the board, that $10 million home you wish to upgrade to will now cost $12 million.....it will cost you $1.2 million MORE. Applying BALANCE SHEET MENTALITY to your real estate needs is always wisest. Your lifetime real estate is mostly not about a single transaction. While we await election results, equity market and rising interest rates clarification, trade-war results, price-cuts, equity market roller-coasters, extreme media sensationalism 24-7 and the true results of the tax bill, opportunity always exists. Always! |
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