Predictions are always hard. I bought my house during the last housing 'crash'. It was my first house so I didn't have one to sell, so it was easier. But, I was

Predictions are always hard. I bought my house during the last housing 'crash'. It was my first house so I didn't have one to sell, so it was easier. But, I was being told by friends and online that things could drop more, wait, etc... At the end of the day, I needed a place to live, I could afford it, and my job was reasonably secure. Now people ask how I timed it perfectly and the fact is I didn't. I simply made personal financial decisions based on my situation at the time.