Gainesville Florida Real Estate Bloghttp://www.joannwhitworth.com/blogGainesville Florida real estate market news provided by Joann WhitworthFri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTMindTree Is Coming To Gainesville MindTree is a global software company, provide services to Fortune 2000 companies. They do work for Ebay, Home Depot, Proctor & Gamble, Microsoft, etc. They were the best mid-size company and they are from India. They build and test software. They have 11,000 employees around the world. They have revenues of $100M a quarter. They have revenue growth of 20% per year. They are the 2010 most admired company. Ranked #2 in Asia for Coprorate Governance. They are known for their culture, with unwavering dedication, and they worship integrity. Integrity is #1. Clients come to them for their abilites but companies stay with them because of their culture.

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]]>http://www.joannwhitworth.com/Blog/MindTree-Is-Coming-To-Gainesvillehttp://www.joannwhitworth.com/Blog/MindTree-Is-Coming-To-GainesvilleFri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMTShould I Buy a Home Now?I'm often asked if this is a good time to buy a home. Some clients are concerned that home prices may fall further than they have already. They are assuming that the best course of action is to wait for the bottom in the market and then buy. The problem with this approach is that you don't know where the bottom is until you see it in the rear view mirror, meaning until you've missed it!

Home prices are one factor in determining your cost of ownership, but so are interest rates and financing availability. Even though interest rates have gone up in the last six months, they are still near historic lows. Since your monthly mortgage payment is a combination of paying down your principal and paying the interest owed, if home prices come down a little further but interest rates up, it could cost you even more to service a mortgage on an identical home!

While a home is a major investment, it is also the center of your personal life. It's important to live in a home that reflects your taste and values, yet is within your financial "comfort zone." To that end, it may be more important to lock in today's relatively low interest rates and low home prices, rather than to hope for a further break in prices in the future.

Please give me a call if I can be of any assistance in determining how much home you can afford in today's market.

]]>http://www.joannwhitworth.com/Blog/Should-I-Buy-A-Home-Nowhttp://www.joannwhitworth.com/Blog/Should-I-Buy-A-Home-NowTue, 06 Jul 2010 10:17:00 GMT