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Top 7 Advantages Of New Construction Over Resale Homes



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b>Once you start house          built to a higher, more energy    
hunting there is no doubt       efficient and green standard.     
one of your first stops                                           
will be at a new homes website or     It’s your house. No, REALLY    
community to see what they have       your house. –
When you buy a  
to offer in the area you would        resale home you are purchasing a  
like to live in. In fact, new     home that someone else crafted to 
homes have stepped up to win the      suit his or her lifestyle.        
hearts and minds of homebuyers        Sometimes it’s just perfect and   
for the better part of the past       exactly what you are looking for  
decade where we’ve seen an            but more often than not there are 
unprecedented explosion in new        a few “Why did they do that?”     
home construction and buying.         issues with a home that you will  
What was once considered a luxury     have to renovate or remove when   
reserved for the rich and famous,     you move in to fit your           
new construction has opened the       lifestyle. When you build a new   
door to all price ranges and          home you will be able to choose   
styles including luxury high-rise     exactly what you want and where   
condominiums, townhouses, active      you want it so you can move in    
adult communities and                 and not have to touch a thing.    
single-family homes.                                                    
                                      Everyone else is new too!      
There are a tremendous number of      –
Resale communities are      
benefits to owning a new home         great because you can see the     
including the ability to              neighborhood, how people care for 
customize the home to your            their homes and everything is     
liking, meeting all the new           already established but those     
neighbors as they move in and         same benefits can prove to be     
substantial savings in utility        cons when you are the only new    
costs with new homes now being        neighbor on the block. Moving     



into a new home grants you the        compare favorably to older resale 
privilege of meeting the              homes that may require renovation 
neighbors when they are               or updating to make it livable    
also looking to meet new       for the modern homebuyer.         
people and settle into the                                              
community. There won’t be any         Location, Location, Location!  
pre-established social circles to     YOU choose! –
When you shop   
work your way into and you will       for resale homes the homes you    
be discovering new things about       find are obviously fixed to their 
your neighborhood at the same         current location. How many times  
time everyone else does.              have you seen a great resale that 
                                      would be absolutely perfect if it 
Newer homes are more               were a little closer to the       
attractive when you resell… -
     community clubhouse or offered a  
Life happens. You might have to       larger back yard for the kids to  
relocate or you make a lifestyle      play? New homebuilders typically  
change a couple short years after     offer a range of model homes to   
you move in. The good news is         choose from and you can usually   
that newer homes are more             place that model on a lot of your 
attractive to prospective             choice. Now you can have the home 
homebuyers because it’s their         of your dreams in the cul-de-sac  
opportunity to buy a newer home       you’ve always dreamed of!         
without the price premium                                               
associated with new construction.     In the current market new      
Better yet, you’ve already            homes may be a better deal than   
purchased all the appliances and      resale homes. –
That’s right, 
upgrades for the home and many        the market shift has turned the   
parts of the home are still under     tables. Now buyers have the       
warranty making the home a great      market in the palm of their hands 
inclusive value. This will            and can get some really           



outstanding deals on homes but        asking for the home. Fantastic    
you have to know where to look.       deals can be found however if you 
Resale home owners may be willing     find the right buyer’s agent who  
to deal but in the past thirty        specializes in new homes because  
days I have been able to              their experience, relationships   
successfully negotiate $69,117        with builders and negotiating     
off the asking price of a new         ability will help you save        
home for a client and then            thousands of dollars.             
shortly after located a home for                                        
another client and negotiated         That brown carpet and tiny     
$91,000 off the asking price and      kitchen? Soooooo 1970s! –
     
we are still in negotiations to       Kitchen big enough for one? Small 
get even more from the builder.       closets, shower only bathrooms    
By the way, these home prices      and carpet everywhere? Not for    
included upgrades!
I have         today’s homebuyer! The modern     
never met homeowners who were         lifestyle is drastically          
willing to accept a substantial       different from what it was even   
reduction on the price of their       ten years ago and resale homes    
home to the tune of more than         often lack the oomph and space to 
$60,000. As a matter of fact,         satisfy. Today’s homebuyer wants  
many homeowners have overpriced       a bright, open kitchen with       
their homes on the market because     breakfast bar and high-end        
they owe more than the home is        appliances. We now do most of  
worth and they cannot afford to       our living in the kitchen!
    
go lower in price.                    Soaking tubs in the master suite  
                                      and walk-in closets are now       
Buying Tip: To          considered standard staples of    
score a new home deal you can’t       the modern home. New homes often  
walk in and offer builders            feature these amenities as a part 
$400,000 under what they are          of their standard offering and    



are even starting to prepare          you for the electricity you are   
homes for the future including        producing! These features are     
the addition of whole house           often very costly to retrofit a   
networking and walk-out basements     resale home with if it wasn’t     
that can be finished as future        initially built to these          
living space.                         standards.                        
                                                                        
New homes save money with          The next time you start searching 
efficiency and green building         for homes be sure to consider all 
techniques. –
Many new homes      of your options including new     
are taking advantage of the           construction. When buying new     
Energy Star standard which sets       construction you should take into 
forth a number of requirements        account the fact that most new    
that products like windows and        homes take approximately four to  
doors must adhere to in order to      six months to build. You will     
achieve an Energy Star rating. In     also devote more of your personal 
addition to Energy Star many          time to building the home as you  
builders are now offering green       will need to choose home upgrades 
building and living options like      and work with your agent through  
the installation of solar panels      the inspection and financing      
on the roof of a home to harness      processes.                        
the sun’s energy and convert it                                         
to electricity. If you install        Happy hunting!                    
enough solar panels you may just      

                              
have the electric company paying      




About the Author:

Joshua Ferris is a new homes specialist in the Orange County, NY real estate market and has created a valuable resource for homebuyers with his Monroe, NY real estate guide.


Read more articles by: Joshua Ferris

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