I understand it’s a great time to buy. I don’t anticipate being in this area for more than another year or year and a half given my job assignment. No plan to stay long term.
So buying’s not a realistic option for me.
It doesn’t seem to be a great investment unless you have at least 4-5 years into it or had some kind of MAD crazy down payment that lets you build equity more quickly. (Flipside is if one had that cash sitting around anyways- there are other ways to make money off that, perhaps risky as well but with higher return potential)
Of course having a good down payment for and buying a cheaper, not so new place, that needs only a small amount of work and is projected to stay or go up in value is going to be a winner. No disagreement there.