Investing in real estate is a matter of timing. Many home buyers across the Country are sensing that now is a great time to buy a home, since many factors are keeping purchasing real estate affordable for the time being. Low mortgage rates, tax incentives and low home prices all add up to one great deal for the person who can afford to buy a home.

The end of last month marked the end of the government’s involvement in purchasing mortgage-securities and the end of this month marks the end of the home buyer tax credit. The government has helped to make buying homes incredibly affordable for many people and when it pulls out of real estate the deals may not be as sweet.

Likewise, home values have remained low for quite some time, dropping dramatically when foreclosures began springing up all over. Can home prices keep dropping? In some parts of the Country real estate values appear to have stabilized, some areas are even showing small increases in home prices. Home prices are likely to stabilize and stay level for some time before heading upward, but it is likely that they will stop dropping much more.

Timing is everything. It is pure luck to time anything perfectly, whether you are playing the stock market, roulette, or investing in real estate. Nothing lasts forever, and that includes low home values. Now might be the time to start looking if you have been considering purchasing a new home, before interest rates rise and home values do as well.

Click here to read a recent article from Realty Times on the current state of the US real estate market.

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