So we’re buying a house
Well, we’re trying to buy a house, currently hacking and slashing our way through the not-fun part of the process. But we can start to see a glimmer of light at the end of this dark path.
By American lifestyle standards, we should have been homeowners many years ago. We co-habitated, and moved into a rental. Then we got married, and moved into a new (quieter and nicer) rental. Then we got ready to start a family, and we moved into a new (larger and more convenient to work) rental.
At any of those spots, we might have bought a home. But there was this bubble in real estate. So we stayed out.
After years of waiting, and two kids, we’re finally jumping in. Why now? Well, a number of personal reasons, but also a number of macroeconomic reasons, including where I think interest rates, inflation, and access to credit are going, and some microeconomic reasons, namely all the IPOs minting new millionaires at Bay Area startups in 2012.
And then this appeared in my mailbox:
Hope that bodes well.