| It isn't too late to find end-of-year sales at | | | | you sell your home more quickly than that, an |
| retirement communities. December can be your best | | | | inventory home is easy to move into combined with |
| month to buy a new retirement home. For example, | | | | the great price you may have gotten by buying in |
| those inventories at retirement communities are your | | | | December. It doesn't get any better than that. |
| doorway to great deals. Often these homes are | | | | Also, there may be a retirement community in an |
| smart-priced to move them out of the inventory | | | | area that is not selling as quickly as other states and |
| more quickly. These homes in the inventory are | | | | areas. These are perfect for finding great year-end |
| often ones that for some reason people have had to | | | | sales. The builder is even more anxious to get their |
| cancel their sale after the home is already built, or | | | | inventories down to normal levels before year's end. |
| because of the recession, haven't sold as quickly as | | | | There is no reason to wait for a spring market. The |
| the builder intended. | | | | spring may bring higher prices, higher interest rates, |
| Because the home has options that someone else | | | | and fewer incentives, depending on the area and as |
| selected, you may not get the ones you would like | | | | economic conditions improve. (Always check with |
| and the builder knows this so reduces the price or | | | | your local Realtors for specific area information.) |
| gives you incentives to buy. In addition, the builder | | | | Some people feel there are more selections of |
| has set sales goals for the year and wants to meet | | | | homes to buy in spring and summer, but that isn't |
| them. You, on the other hand, may think it is great | | | | true at new retirement communities. The selections |
| to be able to see the home already built, be able to | | | | are constant throughout the year. Why wait. Isn't it |
| check it out months in advance of moving in, be able | | | | worth checking out what end-of-year sales and |
| to move more quickly. | | | | incentives are available at retirement communities, |
| A new home takes four or five months to build. If | | | | especially in December. |