The point is that it is damn near impossible to predict price rises / falls.
And therein lies the rub.
Buy if you can afford a place to live in for the next few years. You don't know what's going to happen. You might be better off sticking into the bank and earning nothing but you might not. I'd prefer the roof over my head but I'd also only buy somewhere I wanted to live.
If you think of it as your home rather than an investment, it becomes easier to filter out the bullshit.
And therein lies the rub.
Buy if you can afford a place to live in for the next few years. You don't know what's going to happen. You might be better off sticking into the bank and earning nothing but you might not. I'd prefer the roof over my head but I'd also only buy somewhere I wanted to live.
If you think of it as your home rather than an investment, it becomes easier to filter out the bullshit.