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Buying and Selling Oro Valley Homes for Sale
Oro Valley Home Improvement
Don't underestimate how much projects will cost. Expenses usually are added, not subtracted. Homeowners, even Oro Valley homeowners, routinely go 20% to 30% over budget. Remember, it is common to under budget cost and time.
When remodeling for resale, don't waste time with renovations that won't pay off. If you must have a pool, you still may have to lower your expectations on who will be interested in buying. The National Association of Realtors/Remodeling magazine study has identified four renovations that show the greatest return at resale: improvements to siding, windows, kitchens and bathrooms. Remember you have a lot invested in Oro Valley.
Oro Valley Homebuyers Quandry
Armed with the Comparative Marketing Analysis, it is time to approach your lender to see if you can get financing without selling your current Oro Valley. In most cases, financing will be contingent upon selling your home but you may be able to obtain interim financing sometimes known as a Bridge Loan.
Oro Valley. How Much Should You Offer?
Comparable sales figures is a good guide for homeowners who are pricing their Oro Valley and a good guide for prospective buyers. Make sure you compare homes that are similar to the one your are considering...the same neighborhood, the same size, the same condition. Also, make sure you compare sales within the past six months.
Ask your REALTOR for a comparison of the list price and sales price of comparable Oro Valley sales. This information may give you a trend and a guideline for your offer. For example, maybe homes in the area have consistently listed for more than they actually sold for. If that is the case, find out what percentage of reduction occurred. Use this information as a basis for your offer.
Buying a Oro Valley Fixer-Upper
This, of course, depends on the condition of the Oro Valley home and the estimated cost of the repairs you must make. Oro Valley real estate in a good neighborhood that is priced about 25% lower than others that are in good shape may be a good deal if it simply needs cosmetic or minor structural repairs. If the house is a gut job, that is the entire inside will be torn out and rebuilt the 25% rule may work and may not so estimate your costs as closely as possible.
Shopping by neighborhood makes good sense when considering the purchase of a fixer upper. As a buyer, the more you know about the Oro Valley homes in a particular area the better able you are when it comes time to judge whether or not a home your are considering meets the financial parameters you are looking for.
The Benefits of Selling Oro Valley
In order to sell Oro Valley as your personal residence, you must have lived in it for two out of the five-year period ending on the date of the sale of the property. This means that you can buy a second home and live in it as your personal residence while renting out your first home. If, in a couple years you decide to sell your first Oro Valley personal residence you can sell it and still benefit from the $250,000 to $500,000 Capital Gain tax exclusion. The law says that the home must be your personal residence for at least two out of the past five years.
Oro Valley INVESTMENT
Investing in Oro Valley as a second home or as a rental has many advantages. But before you invest, it is a good idea to acquaint yourself with the actual sales price of similar properties and to get a picture of the Oro Valley market in general. Please contact this office for detailed information on Oro Valley market
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