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In reply to the discussion: three quarters of recent home buyers expressed some regret [View all]True Dough
(17,303 posts)Even two years later you might get a different response. My wife and I are living in our sixth house (we sold the previous five because we cannot afford to own multiple houses and we made money on three of those previous transactions, essentially broke even once and lost money once).
But if you'd asked me within a year whether I'd regretted the purchase, even if we'd paid a decent sum, I'd probably lean toward "Yes" because I tend to scrutinize before and after, but then settle in and start looking at the bright side of things. It's just the way I am.
Of course there's so much else that can transpire in our lives that influences our outlooks either way. Rarely is homeownership viewed in a bubble (and you certainly hope it's not a bubble!).