re: In the market for a house...

The state of the market really does suck. We sold our last house almost 2 years ago, and had been renting ever since. We just bought a house in February that we thought was actually worth asking price. Even then it was mostly luck and circumstance. The price of building right now is even worse.

Not much advice I can give other than be patient, and props for focusing on saving. Ultimately, I think prices will start coming back down with current interest rates but who knows.