Secondary housing market: the pros and cons

Acquisition of real estate for most people life is an event that requires some training and some knowledge.Collect the necessary sum of money, the potential owner starts to think about what exactly he wants to get home to their "blood"?What to prefer: sredst investment in a new building under construction with further prospects of getting a new apartment plan?Or to go to the secondary housing market, where to buy the cherished "meters" can be today?

solution of this issue depends on the purpose of purchasing real estate and invest.For example, if the question of housing is not globally, then we can consider investing in a new home under construction.And if the apartment you need today, more reliable option would be to invest in the secondary market.What are the pros and cons of secondary housing?

Benefits

- Relatively low price.Naturally, the "Khrushchev" will give a discount housing in new buildings.
- Location.In many cities, secondary housing market occupies a large niche, so you always have the opportunity to choose the option you are interested in the area and the house.


- Repair.When buying a vartiry it can immediately make repairs, if necessary.There is no risk that the shrinkage will occur at home, in a new building.Or you can move into an apartment in the same condition in which it was purchased - the repair can wait.
- Mortgage.Take a loan on the secondary market much easier.
- Neighbors.There is an opportunity to meet with those who would have to face in the future and to communicate every day.
- Extension.Some customers specifically opt for "Khrushchev" and bought a few apartments on one or two adjacent floors, on a riser, killing, thus, "two birds with one stone."They have footage in this nothing less than a new house, and maybe more.And also can choose the house that best meets their requirements on location.

Despite all the above advantages of the apartment, the secondary market has a negative side.

Disadvantages

• Meters.A small area is one of the main disadvantages of apartments secondary market.And if a three-room "Khrushchev" can be reprogrammed, then a studio or one-bedroom apartment, everything is more complicated.Small kitchen often becomes a decisive factor, which plays in favor of the purchase of such housing.
• Planning.Connecting and communicating and separate rooms are inconvenient for large family with children of different sexes.This arrangement does not imply intimacy and autonomy, respect personal space, which is so necessary to children and parents.
• Communications.One can not only affect the communication at home, and they usually need to be replaced.

poor wiring.It often blows, it does not withstand loads that sometimes leads to unpleasant consequences.This is not surprising, because it was originally designed for use by two or three appliances: TV, refrigerator and iron.Considering all the features should think twice - what to choose: the secondary market or new building?