Tuesday, June 23, 2009

House Hunting Blues

It's official. I am tired of house hunting. It's exhausting. And overwhelming. And too difficult to choose just ONE place. Maybe that's because we haven't found "the one" yet. There's been many - more than I care to count - that we like. And one that I love, but that one is way out of our price range - at least until our house sells. Speaking of which, why do real estate agents always do that? You tell them your price range and it never fails that they still show you houses at least 10% if not 20% higher. Ugh!

And in this uncertain economy, there are just too many unknowns for us. Should we buy? Or should we rent? If we decide to buy, do we purchase a nice house comparable to what we have now? If so, we have to wait until our house sells. Or we do buy something smaller like a condo?But do we really want to take the risk of the housing market plummeting even further? Not to mention that interest rates are on the rise again! And why is that? I was under the impression that the Treasury was still lending banks money at like .25% so why are the current mortgage rates between 5% and 5.5%???

Argh! So many questions! The one thing that is certain is that I miss my husband. I'm ready for our family to be back together. This living 1200 miles apart is tough on us all and seeing David for a week to 10 days at a time isn't enough. We miss him.

Maybe our house will sell soon. It would take a big burden off all of our shoulders if it did. However, we contacted the two couples that made previous offers and they have moved on to other houses. And then I had another open house Sunday and no one, not one single person came by. How depressing!

Maybe the solution is to list our house with an agent and just take a leap of faith and move down to be with David. Leave all our funiture and rent something furnished until the house sells. Or buy a small condo and move in. Or buy a condo and move in without our furniture and leave it to stage our house. Questions, questions, questions. And still no definitive answer. Yet.

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