This interview by Amey Stone and Benjamin Weinstock (real estate attorney and partner at the firm Ruskin Moscou Faltischek in Uniondale, N.Y) really has a great insight for the current and future housing market. If you are thinking about buying, he suggests it should be done sooner than later.
“If you didn’t buy a home in 2013, you may be kicking yourself now. Home prices climbed nationally an average of 13.6 percent in the past 12 months, according to Tuesday’s release of the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index.”
“Market forecasters predict that 2014 will be another year of gains for the real estate market, even though the rapid pace of sales in 2013 cooled off a bit at the end of the year. On Dec. 30, The National Association of Realtors said its pending home sales index, based on contracts signed last month, rose 0.2 percent in November, below the 1 percent rise forecast.
