Limited Housing InventoryThe number of homes for sale in Buffalo is significantly below pre-pandemic levels, with a reported 46.1% decrease compared to 2018–2019 averages.

The article is based on # of sales, not price increase or decrease.

Not only would it decrease your monthly mortgage but you'd be able to get into it with a very little down payment since you'd be living in one side of it. 

At the same time if you as the customer are rigid in your payment abilities, it may decrease the amount of contractors that you'll be able to have do your work.

Cleveland, Baltimore, Toledo, Indy etc....You will see net population decreases in most of these areas but these are the areas where the prices are the lowest in the USA and come with rents that are very high when compared to the sales price.

We’re looking to increase our lifestyle through the decrease in housing and built a little passive income medium term. 

Quote from @Basit Siddiqi: Quote from @James Wise: Quote from @Basit Siddiqi: Strange that you mention that you are looking at Toledo and Cleveland when those two cities are also seeing population decreases.

All 3 cities show a 7-11% decrease in home sale counts over the 2017-2019 average, so we still have plenty of catching up to do in terms of housing supply - much harder to do when you're growing fast.Durham and Charlotte are set to make large strides toward that goal - but Raleigh is barely budging.

Real Estate is THE BEST way to decrease/eliminate your tax burden.

The average days on market (DOM) in the NY Metro area has decreased over the last year.