I have met so many people telling me what their house it worth, getting euro sings in their eyes! But your next house is also more expensive and your kids' hous

I have met so many people telling me what their house it worth, getting euro sings in their eyes! But your next house is also more expensive and your kids' house even more so! In similar vain I have friends who cried after the 2008 crash that they had to use all their savings to pay for what they lost in value and then happily moving into a house bought from people that lost even more, in other words, a house they couldn't even afford before the crisis. And they are lucky too because they don't pay interest over the savings they were forced to spend. But somehow people don't see it it seems. It's a trap.