I love the pictures! Especially the last one. Your house will come!!

He’s just the most delightful child! Thanks for sharing. Oh, BTW, your decision to not build seems wise in light of the projections.

Love the pics of Emmett! he's certainly changing quickly!

Remember where ever you are w/your family -- that is home.

Sorry about the house, but you'll find the right place when the time is also right. Emmett is, dare I say, more adorable than Penny!

I enjoy your updates but especially enjoy the pictures of Em!

Well, that sounds like a good decision! Love the photos of the precious Emmett!!!

He is such an adorable little boy, Robo. As always, thank you for his updates and pics. So sorry about that things aren’t working out right now for a new house, though.

My goodness, so grown-up looking all of a sudden! I am eagerly watching the housing outlook here too, as we are considering a move to a town three hours away. It would likely be a new build, and I just don't want to pay up to 20% too much. Since we also have a house to sell, one could thing those two things would cancel each other out. But the market we'd be buying into is in my opinion, perhaps a bit inflated.

What a cutie!!!! 💕

Golly, Emmett is growing and changing so quickly. I’m sure you are enjoying his progress, but I admit to missing that cute baby stage. As for the house, I‘m sorry that’s not going to work out for you. It’s an odd time. I don’t think anyone really knows how all of the lost jobs and defunct businesses are going to affect the economy. I don’t think you can go wrong by conserving your assets. You might miss out on an opportunity or two, but you will have limited your downside risk.

Those photos are such a treat! Gosh, Emmett is growing up so fast. Isn't it fun?!

Don't worry, you will find your dream house or your dream lot.

Oh my gosh! How is he a little man now?! Love the photos. The right home for your family will come!

I LOVED the language explosion time, so exciting!

I love your pictures! I get you about the housing predictions. My son is in real estate development and is of course optimistic but they do have some stuff selling. Although sales are slower prices seem be holding for some reason. My DH is less optimistic but spent his working life dealing with commercial mortgages. We're on the west coast where real estate prices is a daily conversation after the weather.

Good call on the house, Robo. The suburban dream was not your dream, neither the house style nor the location.

Emmett is a beautiful child; I love his tousled hair and expressive face. He is a poster child for lucky kids brought up by loving parents. Thanks for those photos; I am going to become a grandmother for th first time in November, God willing, and I have been worrying about the baby’s future. Seeing happy, healthy children growing up in socially responsible homes is incredibly reassuring.

Wow, Emmett is such a big boy now! He's so adorable, and I love the photos with Penny. Glad you hear you made a decision, and it seems good for you. You had posted about the improvements you made to your yard that seemed to help right now.

DH still has a lot of real estate closings, but you have to remember these are homes that were contracted months ago. Eventually that will drop off, though our area shows little signs of slowing down. Housing is still pretty tight here.

We are also watching The Last Dance; finished episode #6 last night. I posted about it on the other thread about series. It is definitely something to watch even if you aren't into sports that much.

Sorry about the house situation, the right one will come along. Emmett & his dog pictures are adorable!

I hope you aren't too disappointed about the house. Sounds like you're being very pragmatic and that's definitely a good thing... although I think we all recognize what an emotional thing it usually is to even consider a new home, so just be sure to go extra easy on yourself right now, whatever you may be feeling.

Emmett is such a little gem! Everything about him, from his body language to his facial expressions, say that here is a sweet, intelligent, and curious growing boy. Times to treasure indeed.

Emmett pictures always make me smile. And he is my favorite age. Hold onto the magic as long as you can.

You have been on the fence about the house, which when investments and resale strength is strong is less risky for you could always sell and move again if the dream house and dream location did fall in place. However, with the forecast as it is you would be somewhat stuck if the location really did not work out.

Enjoy being home with you lovely family.

Oh, joy, Emmett pictures! The right house will reveal itself at the right time, very wise of you not to force yourself into a sub optimal situation during a sub optimal time.

I’m sorry that deal didn’t work out, but ‘your house’ is out there somewhere. Given the information, you made the right decision. If only we all had a crystal ball, it would make our decisions so much easier, right?

Emmett continues to amaze us and entertain us all. He must be a joy to be around day to day now. Love that last photo!

Emmett is as cute as can be! Such a fun age.

I hear you about backing out of the house. We weren’t really looking or thinking about a move, but a house became available here in our community I was interested in. After a little research I discovered that no houses had closed here since February (December/January contracts) and we were afraid our current house would sit on the market as well. Not good timing and not meant to be.

Your house will come along when things are more settled. In the meantime just enjoy that little guy!

Emmett continues to be adorable as always! You will find the right house. Don't settle! We're on our 3rd move in FL because we settled each time (this will be the final since we're building). It's a pain so find the house that makes your heart sing.

Emmett is everything! He's adorable, handsome, and sweet, doesn't get any better.

Thanks for the Emmett photos, such a charmer gotta love those tousled curls. I honestly believe a house will come, one that really speaks to you and then you'll feel more confident about the decision. In the meantime enjoy this time with Emmett, they do grow so fast.

Wonderful to see Emmett! Looks like he's got great explorer genes. I loved for the most part explaining the world to my kids. It sounds like Emmett is going to try to soak up as much information as he can.

I don't think I'd find it easy to explain now however. I bet you it's confounded a lot of parents. Especially if they are, like Emmett, very social.

Oh what a sweetie he is. I was thinking about how kids his age are missing out on important socialization time. My neighbor is two, so she has spent nearly a quarter of her life in quarantine. Fortunately she has an older brother and sister to spend time with. I wave and say hello.

I think you made the right choice with the house. The economy is unpredictable at the moment, although I understand there are far more buyers than houses available at the moment near me.

Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts! Here’s the mid century modest ... we are going to see it tonight

https://www.remaxnova.com/residential/clayton-park-real-estate/146-tangmere-court-clayton-park-mls-202008825

my plan would be to take out all the nonstructural walls and really redo the floor plan almost totally upstairs, vault the ceiling incrhe main area and split one of the bedrooms to add a bath and laundry. So really a super involved process - but would get that one story mcm feel at the end of it I hope! We could spend about 150-200 per square foot on the upstairs If we could get for a decent price.

however it’s still priced at least 100k over market. So... we’ll see.

The grounds are pretty. I can certainly see where it lends itself to an mcm vibe. Of course I’m not familiar with RE prices where you are, it it would be a steal near me. I wonder why their agent thinks it’s worth so much?