As Time Goes By: 2005 vs. 2009

Remember 2005? The real estate boom was fated to go on forever. But fate had other plans.

Four Columns Realty offers 10 ways to understand what's hot and what's not in today's real estate market:

1. Trophy McMansions are so 2005. Letting the Jones keep up with themselves is 2009.

2. Buying a home to flip is so 2005. Buying a home to live in for years is 2009.

3. Overpaying for a ritzy address is so 2005. Finding bargain tech-friendly communities withimproving schools is 2009.

4. Excessive extras are so 2005.  Simple comforts are 2009.

 

5. "No cash, no credit, no problem" is so 2005. Choosing a home you can afford is 2009.

 

Read all 10 ways at Orange MA Real Estate....