| It's amazing how fast the real estate market can | | | | try to entice them into buying. Many buyers are finding |
| change. Last year, buyers were clamoring over one | | | | themselves being courted with lots of extra perks. |
| another to buy a house. This year, the market has | | | | Some examples include: |
| slowed down considerably; buyers actually have a | | | | * No mortgage payments for the first year |
| chance to think about whether a house is right for | | | | * Swimming pools and spas included with home free |
| them. For buyers that are looking for affordable new | | | | of charge |
| home communities, there's no better place than Gilbert | | | | * Huge reductions in the price of the home, sometimes |
| - and there's no better time to buy. | | | | as much as $50,000 |
| Gilbert has been an active community for new home | | | | * Upgrades to the materials in the home, like high |
| developments for the last several years. Developers | | | | quality flooring, stone countertops, and high end |
| have taken every vacant piece of property and built | | | | appliances |
| new home communities: some condos, town homes, | | | | These remarkable perks aren't going to last forever, |
| and simple affordable family homes; others are elegant | | | | but for right now, buyers are in a Gilbert can find the |
| high end properties. | | | | home of their dreams, at a truly unbelievable deal. |
| As the real estate market slows down, these | | | | Eventually, the marketplace will balance itself out and |
| developers have a far greater inventory of new | | | | developers won't have the same pressure to sell. |
| homes on their hands, far more than they'd ever | | | | If you've been waiting for the market to decline, you |
| intended. So buyers are in a unique position, they are | | | | may have a long wait. In fact, it's not likely that home |
| finally in the position of being courted by developers - | | | | prices will decrease, just stabilize. But even though |
| aggressively campaigning to get buyers to buy the | | | | prices may be the same in a few months, you won't |
| homes in their community. | | | | have the same opportunity to get the deal of a lifetime |
| Developers have a lot of money tied up in these new | | | | in perks. There hasn't been a better time to buy a |
| homes. The longer these homes sit vacant, the more it | | | | home in Gilbert, and you won't see similar deals ever |
| ends up costing the builders. So it really becomes the | | | | again - it's the best time to buy. |
| builder's responsibility to actively market to buyers - to | | | | |