7 great reasons to buy Real Estate and Homes in 2012  

#1  February 3rd, 2011. Billionaire John Paulson says to Buy dividend stocks and Houses now. John Paulson the multi-billionaire hedge fund operator who bet against sub-prime mortgages and made billions in 2008 addressed a standing room only crowd at New York’s University Club recently.  He thinks the run up in bonds is over and told the crowd “…this is the best time in 50 years to buy homes…your debt and interest payments get locked in at record lows, while the price of your home will rise.”  “If you don’t own a home buy one…if you own one home, buy another one, and if you own two homes buy a third and lend your relatives the money to buy a home. "

 #2  Wall Street Journal, America's most iconic business newspaper, recent article on February 19th, 2011.  

 #3  Trump: 'Great Time for Americans to Buy a House' By Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter. " This is a great time for Americans to buy a house. “I can’t guarantee it, but I’m pretty sure this is right now a great time to go out and buy a house. And if you do, in 10 years you’re going to look back and say, ‘You know, I‘m glad I listened to that interview with Donald Trump,’” he says in his exclusive Newsmax interview.

#4  Steve Harney's  Home Expectation Survey chart of 100 top national real estate experts opinions. The housing market bottom is in 2011 (now) or 2012. The greatest opportunity to borrow money exists now, today. For buyers it's the cost of the home more than the price of the home. Interest rates will rise, possibly dramatically, and soon. Lumber, shingles, nails, granite, sheet rock, window prices for building materials are way up in 2011 which means brand new homes will cost much more- helping raise pre existing home prices.

#5  January 17th, 2011. A new Gallup Poll shows that 67% of Americans feel now is a "good time" to buy a house from a Gallup poll.  

#6 March 7, 2011 Yahoo Finance. "The rich are different from you and me: They're buying real estate. " After four straight years of declines, sales of million-dollar homes and condos rose last year in all 20 major metro areas, according to DataQuick Information Systems. On average, these cities saw an 18.6% jump in high-end home sales. 

#7  March 15, 2011. Barbara Corcoran, founder of Corcoran group, is telling us that right now is the best time to buy a home. Why? "Because we have a regular real estate miracle happening right now," says Corcoran. "We not only have record low prices, but we also have cheap money." As a former real estate broker/investor heavy weight, Barbara Corcoran thinks this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for potential home buyers.