We are looking to move. I bought my house in 2011 at the absolute bottom of the market for $207K. Similar houses are going for $400K in the neighborhood.
The problem we are facing is that the area we want to move, doesn’t have the inventory of homes in the range that we want, rather they are mostly less home than we want as it’s a more rural area than the nice suburbs we would be moving from. We’ve placed one offer on a nice place, 4000 sq ft, 3 acres with a pond, heated salt water pool and nice big heated shop. We put a very competitive bid, well over the $570k asking and got beat by $55k. I think our best bet is finding a nice lot to buy and then building what we want. Still feel lucky to be in a good spot, without the need to move now and settle for something.