[Neidermeyer]

You buy , I’ll watch and laugh ... this isn’t over ,, not by a long shot.

[LearsFool]

You buy , I’ll watch and laugh ... this isn’t over ,, not by a long shot.

Not buying just yet, but I'm finally looking. You're probably right about it not being over. But as I posted elsewhere...

I’ve been on the Dave Ramsey Diet (beans&rice, rice&beans) for the past several years, debt-free and socking my money away, paying very low rent and looking forward to the day I could pay cash for a home. How discouraged I was when my taxes were used to prop up (artificially-high) home values. I was having to pay to be priced out of the market!

Now prices are coming back to reality, and my realtor is out bargain-hunting for me. Not investments; I’m no SPECULATOR. Whether the market price goes up or down after I buy, who cares. I want a home, not a poker hand.