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		dont__panic on April 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Consumer prices rose 8.5% in March – highest since... As someone who's currently feeling left out of the housing market and who thinks the stock market has been pants-on-fire insane for the last 2 years of covid... I pray for a recession so I can actually own a home.

Barrera on April 12, 2022 [–]

When the opportunity presents itself few who think that now will want to or even be able to act.

It turns out that buying a house when house prices are going down isn't much fun. In fact, it's downright terrifying.

Worse, most of the charm of "owning" a house evaporates with even flat prices.

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