> I'm concerned with the attitudes of people who are not buying houses. That's fair. > Why aren't they buying houses? I think a lot of people are buying. >

> I'm concerned with the attitudes of people who are not buying houses. That's fair. > Why aren't they buying houses? I think a lot of people are buying. > Because they think the are going to fall in the near future. One major reason people with massive hoards of cash aren't buy is uncertainty around WFH. "Where to buy? Depends. Let's see how this whole return to office thing goes..." > Yes, it's wholly unscientific of me to use Reddit and Facebook as a barometer of society, but I'm not a professional economist, just another rando on the internet making bad predictions. Aren't we all :)