There are certain people who seem doomed to buy certain houses. The house expects them. It waits for them.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I always say, 'What if you had to sell the house tomorrow?' And if it's too idiosyncratic, someone won't buy it and then it's a bad house.
Buying a home today is a complex process, but that in no way excuses home buyers from their obligation for due diligence.
You must never aspire to 'finish' a house, you can merely hope to start it, and from then on it's an evolutionary process.
Frankly, people buying a home to let should not be squeezing out families who can't afford a home to buy.
The way we finance homes in this country is slow, filled with middlemen, who run a nonstandardized evaluation process. This makes financing a home cumbersome and difficult.
It is hard to be enthusiastic about the economy's prospects when house prices are falling: Households spend less, small business owners can't use homes as collateral for loans and local governments are forced to cut jobs and programs as property-tax revenue disappears.
Buying a home wouldn't make much sense if house prices were likely to decline further; no one wants to catch a falling knife.
I never buy a house thinking that I'm going to sell it.
As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again.
What does a house want to be?
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