one benefit to buying a resale – and this may or may not apply to a specific home – it depends..

but with a new home you generally get the house – that’s it. if you want upgrades, you have to pay for them.

things like window coverings, landscaping, painting, appliances…a lot of these thigns do NOT come with the house.

some of the newer developments are adding more of these things to stimulate sales…

but in both of my prior houses I bought – I found relatively new homes, but they were resales. the prior owners dumped a TON of money into upgrades, landscaping, window treatment, paint – etc…. and much of that investment was LOST in that each was a desperate motivated seller who had to move it and reduced prices to the piont that had I been buying a nwe house – i couldn’t not have duplicated the amount of “extras” I obtained…

in one house I actually got a TON of furniture and TVs included with the deal – stuff that would have cost me a TON. it was brand new, nice…and as a young new home owner, i had very little furniture and what i ahd was junk…so i walked into a great situation…

you can’t always find those deals – but they are out there ..and with things softening so much and people having to sell – there are goign to be a lot more of these “deals” popping up over the enxt efw years….

i wonder how long it will take for the builders to start offering free pools with the houses…. 😉