Showing posts with label Housing Opportunity Index. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Housing Opportunity Index. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Woohoo....today were going to be talking (HOI)!

I know, I know... boring is what you're thinking, but just think how smart you'll look when you use HOI in a sentence correctly.   Ok, soooo even that may not impress you, but if you're in the market for a house, it is a term you may want to know. 
  
The HOI (Housing Opportunity Index) indicated that 72.6% of all new and existing homes sold in the second quarter of the year, were affordable to families earning the national median income of $64,200 (Information from Realty Times).  So, what does that mean to all you house hunters out there?  Well, what that means is that there has not been a better time in the last 20 years to buy a home.   Think about how reasonable home prices are, and how low interest rates are.  If you had one OR the other, it would be good--but to have both is unreal.  Yes, Skip, but I have heard that banks won't lend money.  Well, the money is tighter than it was, say in 2003-05, but if you have fair to good credit, it is a really good time to purchase.
 
Grace & Peace...


Skip Geiser
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