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You’ve found a home you’re interested in buying, and you’re being offered reasonable rates. Should you go for it, or should you wait for a better deal? Either way, you are going to be taking a gamble, because you can’t be certain what rates will do. Let’s go over some scenarios where waiting may make sense versus those where it may be wiser to buy right away.

When It May Make Sense to Wait

You should consider waiting if:

This house is one you like, but isn’t your absolute dream home. Losing it would not be completely devastating to you.

You are not on a tight timetable to move into a new home.

You are still in the process of trying to sell your old home, and/or are not ready to move yet for other reasons.

You have a strong reason to expect mortgage rates to decrease soon (just know you might be wrong).

You have a path toward raising your credit score or lowering your DTI ratio that is clear, straightforward, and going to make a substantial impact on your rates.

Even if all the above are true, we still would urge you to be cautious before you decide to wait, because again, mortgage rates could do the opposite of what you expect.

When You Should Consider Pulling the Trigger

You should think about buying the home immediately instead of waiting if the following are true:

This is the home of your dreams, and the thought of missing out on it sounds terrible. If you think that you would regret not buying it forever, then you definitely should think about moving forward. The last thing you want is to be stuck in a house you “just settled” for, always imagining what could have been.

You need to move into a new home as soon as possible. Maybe this is because of a job you need to be able to get to, or because you can’t afford to rent somewhere else while you wait. Or maybe you just want to get your family settled and move forward with your life.

You do not feel confident about what mortgage rates are going to do in the future. Maybe you expect them to fall, or maybe you just are unsure. In particularly volatile economic times, you also may want to move forward instead of wait, since rates can become even harder to predict.

You don’t see an obvious way to boost your credit score, and/or it will take too long, and/or won’t provide you with that much of a reduction in your mortgage rate.

Not all of the above need to be true to buy right away. Even if just one or a couple are true, that could be reason enough not to delay your home purchase.

Keep in mind that predicting mortgage rates isn’t easy. You can have a strong understanding of the economy, and still get it wrong. And if you don’t, then you are pretty much gambling about whether the rates will improve or get worse.

Another thing to remember is that you are not locked into your current mortgage rate forever. If it’s fixed, it won’t move up or down with market fluctuations. But you still can refinance years from now if rates go down.

So, you can change your mortgage rate, but one thing you probably won’t be able to do in the future is get a second chance to buy your dream home.

That’s why it is usually worth it to move forward immediately, so long as you will have an affordable rate.

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PLC is based in Cooper City, and can help you buy a home with a competitive mortgage anywhere in Florida. To get started, please give us a call at 954-840-8811 to schedule your mortgage consultation.

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