First two houses were new. House #3 was preowned. We sold one house before it hit the market. We bought house #3 on day 2 of listing.
If you have not stayed here or rented I would strongly consider renting for a period of time while you were looking and deciding what area you would like to live in.
I am extremely surprised that a real estate person would tell you to wait a year because the prices are going to drop. Wondering if he just didn’t have what you needed available.
With that said would you be kicking yourself if you actually found a house now that you were in love with but held off to see if the price would drop.
After coming here since 2007 and renting we finally decided on a village and 2010, and then a different house with a larger garage in 2012, in a completely different area. Our preowned was in a village that we wanted. homes in that area have steadily gone up each time they sell. Take your time find something that meets your needs now, and later you can always find something else.
We have found that we are not attached to any home this late in life there are no memories of bringing up family or anything that special if another house came along we would move again with no worries of selling the other house.
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