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First Time Buyers: Get A Ticket On That Gravy Train!
By Brian Talley
First time buyers please note: predictions for improvements in realty market activity are gaining ground. Yet another prediction, this time by an economist, has forecast that the realty environment is in a position for modest change. The change is due to show by mid 2008, and the reasons for the projected increase in realty activity are also laced with cautions.

Buying conditions have improved and held steady; we are now into our second month of under six per cent on mortgage interest rates. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Mae/Mac (GSE) loan limits are both temporarily increased. This means hundreds of thousands of borrowers can switch to conventional loans. These conditions are also encouraging for home owners needing new financing, and first time buyers.

One of the cautionary factors that will affect the movement up or down of the housing market is the first time buyer who is currently renting. This type of first time buyer makes up forty percent of first time home buyers, and they may decide to stay renting. Another large group of first time buyers are the grown-up children who live in their parents' basements. They, too, may be scared off by the calamitous realty news of 2007, and decide to bide their time. Is is a shame to miss such low priced bargains!

The National Association of Realtors expects the mortgage interest rate to remain at six percent all year. The eventual trust in the steadying of the financial market may encourage more people to venture into the realty market.

Due to the extensive press coverage, we have all learnt the lessons of borrowing cash on a questionable loan. We understand that the conventional mortgages will contain less surprises than one hastily arranged with a few of the rules 'bent'.

Armed with this new information about loans, and supported by new government legislation, can first time buyers now feel confident? How can they enter the property market at this low-price level that is seen now, and feel safe?

A rule of thumb in realty (and life!) is that there is nothing for nothing. If it looks too good, get a lawyer involved and tell him, in advance, that you will want to protect yourself by having everything in writing. Also remember: a conventional fixed rate mortgage takes most of the risk out of buying a home.

Your monthly mortgage payment will not increase if the interest rate increases. It is fixed, or locked in, so that you can budget your monthly outgoings.

One of the big things to remember in first time buying is that the first home is just a stepping stone. It is not the dream home; even when you have renovated the bathroom and kitchen it will not   [This article related to Mortgages Company Poor Credit continues below...]