11/10/2021
Advantages of Buying Pre-Selling Properties:
The term “Pre-Selling” is popular these days in the real estate industry. It basically means the property you are buying is not yet built, you are buying something that is to be built or completed in the future.
There are many reasons why developers do “pre-selling.” Some developers do this to help finance the actual construction, while others to ensure that the property becomes sold out once it is completed. This practice is legal and acceptable but has certain conditions, like the procurement of License to Sell by these developers.
For some property buyers, especially the first time buyers, buying an expensive thing that is totally non-existent can really be hard to understand. But as I will enumerate, there are advantages to buying pre-selling properties. Hopefully, this can guide you in your decision to whether or not purchase that property you have in mind. (Although these advantages apply only to those developers that are reputable as I will try to explain later in my next articles.)
1.) Affordability - Properties in pre-selling stage is almost always cheaper than if you buy properties which are ready for occupancy (RFO). Some are even half the price! One of the reasons for this is that your are buying something which still does not exist. You can’t use the home just yet! It takes faith in the developer for you to give them your money even with this fact, so the buyer is rewarded with lower price.
Most people are put off by the fact that they need to wait two or more years before they can use the property they purchase, but are surprised when they realize that properties that are RFO are much more expensive and the available units are too few. Planning ahead can really save you a lot of money.
Another way that makes buying pre-selling properties more affordable is that these properties offer easier payment schemes. Some gives you the option to pay the contract price in equal installments until the property is RFO at no interest! Others give “special/promo payment schemes” that basically makes it very easy for the buyer to purchase.
2.) Good Investment - To illustrate how buying properties in the pre-selling stage can be a good investment, let us assume that the year is 2007. Property A is in the pre-selling stage and its selling price is 2 Million. Let us also assume that you chose to pay in deferred cash or around Php 27,000.00 for 72 months (five years). This year, 2012, the property is turned over to you, and you have fully paid the 2 Million already. If the current selling price of your property this year is 3 Million, you have basically earned 1 Million in just five years by buying in pre-selling! Even if you consider the inflation rate, that is still a good investment.
3.) More Choices - When you buy a project that is in the pre-selling stage, you can choose the unit that you really like, one that is perfect for you. You want the side with sunset, the corner unit, the unit with the lucky number... these are all possible only during the pre-selling stage when there are still only a few buyers and the units available are plenty.
This is unlike when you go to a property that is already RFO, the units left available are almost always the not-so-good ones. Buying a property is one of the single most expensive purchases for most of us, surely you wouldn’t settle for anything that is less than the best.
