New Year, New House?

Every January, without fail, people start asking the same question.
“Is this the year we finally buy a house?”

And then they immediately follow it up with all the reasons they haven’t yet. Which, to be fair, have been pretty valid lately.

Over the past year or two, a lot of buyers hit pause. Some lost jobs. Some got nervous about affordability. Some watched Austin prices come down and decided they were going to time the market perfectly and buy at the absolute bottom. Others just looked at the news, saw interest rates, tariffs, elections, economic uncertainty, and said, “You know what? I’m going to sit this one out and stress quietly instead.”