tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636098165661936953.post3759994636393644487..comments2023-12-08T04:33:09.297-06:00Comments on Austin Real Estate Secrets: The Best Time to make an Offer - On Austin Real EstateTim Thornton, Austin Area Realtor ®, Coldwell Banker Unitedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06048993615113090965noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636098165661936953.post-90448708139956449362012-12-14T09:48:05.590-06:002012-12-14T09:48:05.590-06:00I can't speak to the cost of building material...I can't speak to the cost of building materials in Toronto, and every Real Estate market is unique, so what I say about the Austin market may or may not hold true for your market in Toronto. However, I can say a few things about this very common question. 1) The cost to build a new home is seldom as cheap as buying a resell house. The cost of living goes up and so does the cost of building supplies 2) The cost of labor to build a home is going up and as we seem to be getting back into a building boom in the USA, this should increase, not decrease. <br /><br />If you are a licensed contractor and capable of building your own home, this may be a very different story, but in general, building your own "custom" home is almost always more expensive than buying a resell or even buying an inventory from a national builder whose material costs are half of what you can pay for the same supplies at retail prices. <br /><br />There are advantages to buying new or building that may outweigh all of these factors. New appliances. New roof. New flooring. New AC. Better energy efficiencies. All of these things have to be taken into account. <br /><br />Good luck with your new home planning! tTTim Thornton, Austin Area Realtor ®, Coldwell Banker Unitedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06048993615113090965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636098165661936953.post-41447364986580722922012-12-13T10:22:02.409-06:002012-12-13T10:22:02.409-06:00Thanks for the great advice. My husband and I wer...Thanks for the great advice. My husband and I were talking and just wondering if it's better to just make an offer on a home or get <a href="http://www.royalbuilding.ca" rel="nofollow">building supplies in Toronto</a> and build our own home. I feel like right now supplies is cheap and that way we get to design a house exactly how we want. What do you think? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13851034654853645920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8636098165661936953.post-32766890046744487212012-09-21T02:08:36.495-05:002012-09-21T02:08:36.495-05:00I think making any financial commitment, the first...I think making any financial commitment, the first and major factor to do is to build a objective in mind.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.stfual.com/?p=118" rel="nofollow">Jardin Smith International</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17593566318819425202noreply@blogger.com