Back in March 2022, the Feds were planning to raise rates by .5%, but only raised it by .25% due to the war overseas.

Black Knight's March 2022 mortgage data report makes these key points... see the full report here: https://www.blackknightinc.com/black-knights-first-look-at-march-2022-mortgage-data/?

Here is the caveat, I recently purchased a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath townhouse at market price just a few months ago in March 2022.

In March, I ended up signing with the New York Mets and was on my way to Spring Training in April.

Austin had already returned to pre-pandemic job numbers by May of last year:In fact, on a percentage basis, Austin's employment numbers outperformed all other U.S. metros from Feb. 2020 to Mar. 2022:These job numbers largely explain the tremendous and continued demand for Austin metro housing that, in combination with extremely low supply, produced a roughly 55% increase in the median home price in the 24 months spanning March 2020 to March 2022.

Our average close price on existing homes are close to 300k and that was back in March so Im pretty sure that has gone up as well since we are now in May.

There are fewer bidding wars than March and April. 

Saw the property in February, Closed in March, Moved-in Tenants April problem free.

AAccording to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austin ranked as the best-performing job market among the 50 biggest metro areas from February 2020 to March 2022. https://www.wsj.com/articles/c...

On March 22nd, one month after the fire, I received a line-by-line quote from insurance to repair the fire damage and 6 month's worth of rent for the displaced tenants.