PRESS RELEASE: September 06, 2009

Is Now the Time to Buy a Home or Commercial Investment Property

Pueblo, CO. The old adage “There’s no better time than now to buy” might not be the first thought to come to mind when looking at today’s national housing and commercial real estate markets through the eyes of the prolific news reports to the contrary, but it really is 'a good time to buy'!

According to Darryl Szymanski, Broker of IntegrityOne of Colorado who provides real estate consulting and brokerage services in Pueblo Colorado, these homespun words of wisdom are quite appropriate when a closer look is given to individual local markets across the state and elsewhere throughout the country.

Szymanski points out the following favorable factors that can contribute to making this a most opportune time to buy a home or commercial investment property for many local consumers and investors:

• Inventories have increased substantially. When the market is hot new listings can’t replenish the available supply of properties fast enough and that obviously works to the sellers’ benefit. In today’s market the opposite is true and now providing an abundance of choices for home buyers and investors who are prepared and ready to buy.

• Many sellers are very motivated. Single-family homes and even commercial real estate in a typical hot market that would have been snapped up in days are now lingering unsold for weeks, months and even years. Factor in the continual flow of bank-owned properties and foreclosures coming to market daily and home buyers along with investors find themselves in an advantageous position of strength being able to buy many properties at bargain prices they haven’t seen for years.

• Interest rates are still down. Surprisingly, interest rates have been holding below 6 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage on a single family residence for quite some time now. While banks have tightened lending requirements in the wake of increased loan defaults, home buyers and commercial real estate investors who have good credit ratings and histories are qualifying to make purchases they can afford and are securing favorable financing terms to do so.

Whether a first-time home buyer or a savvy investor, the present market climate especially favors both buyers who don’t need to sell an existing property before they make a purchase and those with ready cash-on-hand.

But regardless of your particular situation, for every home buyer and commercial real estate investor, the key is to work with a real estate professional that knows the local market and specializes in Buyer Representation – like an agent who has earned the Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR®) designation.

And Szymanski is one such real estate professional; an active member of the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® who has attained the Accredited Buyer Representative (ABR®) designation.

As the largest association of real estate professionals focusing specifically on representing the real estate buyer, REBAC is "The Voice for Buyer Representation", with more than 50,000 active real estate professional members throughout the world.

Although Szymanski does not work with individual home buyers but rather specializes in working with commercial investment real estate and buyer-investors, if you need to find an ABR® designated real estate agent near you who sells single-family homes and you would also like to receive a free copy of the REBAC published Homebuyer’s Toolkit, then visit www.REBAC.net or call (800) 648-6224.

If you have a question regarding the commercial investment real estate services offered by Darryl Szymanski of IntegrityOne of Colorado you can contact him by calling (308) 760-0099.

 Working with Buyer-Investors to help them add-value to their real estate ownership portfolios while also adding value to the communities they live, work and invest in.