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IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO BUY REAL ESTATE IN THE FLATHEAD VALLEY?

Favorable interest rates, dismal stock market returns and Montana's quality of life combined to boost northwest Montana real estate sales to record levels in 2002. Commercial and residential property worth more than half a billion dollars changed hands during the year, up 20.6 percent from 2001, according to figures released by the Northwest Montana Association of Realtors.

Total Real Estate Sales 1997 – 2002
Year                        Residential                            Residential Total Sales                        Units Sales  

1997                        981                                          $134.1 million                                        $204.5 million

1998                        1,311                                       $189.9 million                                        $252.8 million

1999                        1,421                                       $217.5 million                                        $307.5 million

2000                        1,639                                       $285.2 million                                        $392.7 million

2001                        1,669                                       $288.6 million                                        $419.4 million

2002                        1,913                                       $343.1 million                                        $500.6 million

 
Note: Total sales include residential, agricultural, land and commercial/industrial properties in Flathead and Lake County.
Source: Northwest Montana Association of Realtors


THERE WILL ALWAYS BE REASONS NOT TO MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL PURCHASE

Here are a few examples over the past 68 years…

• The Recession of 1937
• The Pearl Harbor Bombing in 1941
• The Korean War in 1950
• The Berlin Wall Being Erected in 1961
• The President Kennedy Assassination in 1963
• The President Nixon Resignation in 1974
• The Stock Market Dropping A Record 22% In One Day in 1987
• The Gulf War in 1990
• The Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001
• The Stock Market Decline 2000-2002
• The Iraq War in 2003


While some of these events were truly horrifying, and others merely disturbing, ALL of them have the potential to produce emotional reasons to postpone making a substantial purchase.
The same principle can be applied to real estate. For each of these years there was also a good reason to wait. Unlike stocks, the purchase of Flathead Valley Real Estate, enables you to look beyond today’s negative headlines, and forward to realizing your dream of providing a more enriching, rewarding life for you and your family

TIME, NOT TIMING IS WHAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE
IN KNOWING YOU’VE MADE THE RIGHT PURCHASING DECISION.

• It’s the time that overcomes market peaks and valleys.
• It’s the time that you won’t spend worrying about predicting the “right time to buy”.
• It’s the extra time you’ll have to enjoy your home and property with your family and friends.
• It’s the great times that can start now instead of “someday”.


IS THE FEAR OF MAKING A WRONG DECISION PREVENTING YOU
FROM MAKING THE RIGHT ONE?

Although it’s best to treat real estate as a long-term purchase, it offers significant short-term rewards. The sooner you purchase a home or homesite at Grouse Mountain Estates or Lion Mountain Ranches, the sooner you and your family will be enjoying all that Montana mountaintop living has to offer.

DO YOU STILL WANT TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW?

We both know this for certain:

The sun will come up.
We will be another day older.
You will have one less day to enjoy the life you’ve been dreaming about.

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Rocky Mountain Real Estate has its office in Downtown Whitefish, Montana. Whether you are a buyer or seller, we look forward to the privilege of representing you.