5 Excellent Reasons To Buy A Home In The Winter

5 Excellent Reasons To Buy a Home In The Winter

If you are thinking about buying a home in the near future, you shouldn't feel like you have to wait until the spring or summer to do so. Instead, it may be possible to find the house that you like at a price that you can afford during those cold and snowy winter months. What are some good reasons to buy a home in the winter?

There Isn’t a Lot of Demand During the Winter

The winter months are a time when people are focused on buying Christmas presents or otherwise dreaming their trip to Florida. Snow covered roads, short days and cold temperatures may keep a lot of buyers from visiting an open house or checking out available homes in general. This means that your offer may be the only one a seller sees, which gives you a lot of leverage.

Sellers May Think Like Retailers Between Black Friday and Christmas

It isn't uncommon for sellers to encourage buyers with perks such as gift cards for looking at the house or making an offer. They may also decide to keep appliances in the home for the buyer's benefit or otherwise make concessions that wouldn't otherwise be available. Therefore, you could save thousands on furnishing your home or pick up an easy $500 just for making an offer on a house that you want anyway.

You Never Know if Market Conditions Will Persist Into the Spring

As a general rule, you should finance your home whenever you think you can get the best deal. If you get an interest rate and other loan terms that are favourable, it doesn't make sense to wait two or three months just because you think it is conventional to do so. Instead, go ahead, buy a home in the winter,  and apply for your mortgage and complete the buying process as opposed to taking a risk that interest rates may rise.

Your Lease Ends When Your Lease Ends

If you have a lease with your current landlord that expires in December, January or February, you have to make a decision immediately. While you could sign a bridge lease to give you time to finalize a home purchase on your own schedule if necessary, it could cost $100 or more per month to do so. In many cases, you can take possession of the home before the transaction closes assuming that the buyer is alright with that.

Get a True Feel for Your New Home

In a city like Winnipeg, you can expect snow and cold to stick around for up to half the year. Therefore, moving into your home during the winter months gives you a true sense of what it will be like to live there. It also gives you a chance to get an idea of how much maintenance it may need or how hard it will be to maintain the home by doing your home search during the winter. Even if you have to take action to stop drafts or guard against ice dams, it is easier to fix minor issues when you know that they are present.

No matter what a real estate agent or mortgage broker may tell you, it is not a bad idea to buy a home in the winter. As long as you get the home that you want at a price that you can afford, move on the deal as soon as possible. Remember, the sooner that you move in, the sooner that you can stop paying rent and start building equity in a property you can enjoy for many years to come.



5 Excellent Reasons To Buy a Home In The Winter buy a home in the winterAbout the Publisher

Bo Kauffmann is a residential real estate agent with over 18 yrs experience in helping buyers and sellers achieve their goals.  Inducted into the REMAX Hall of Fame in 2010 and receiving the REMAX Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, Bo has sold over 500 houses and condos in the Greater Winnipeg market.  He is an accredited buyer representative (A.B.R.) and a Luxury Home Marketing Specialist.   Bo provides exceptional service to First-Time Home-Buyers, Seniors looking to downsize and Home Sellers of all ages.   He can be reached easily   By E-Mail or call/text him   Call/Text Here

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