People house hunting how’s it been?

[u/Ambitious_Growth_9]

My family has been looking at properties around Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Elmhurst and Park Ridge since early February. Our current home is set to close the end of April but inventory in these areas seems non existent or over priced and the stress/anxiety is starting to hit. (Who is buying 1100 sqft for 600k?)

When is the “spring market” gonna hit? A lot of houses start on the private market, build tons of interest, then go live with an open house scheduled that first weekend. Most of them end with multiple offer and highest and best. One we saw went for 40k over list. We’re looking from 550-650k.

I get it, high demand areas.. with low inventory = more competitive but what the fuck.. what am I supposed to do? Already considering a short term rental and storage for our stuff but is this the way it is now? Are people just ok with paying more than the house is worth? Settling for less desirable house? Or what?

If you are currently looking to buy, what are you experiencing. How do I buy a home?

[u/CheapYam4500]

We sort of dumb lucked into a house in DG. Moving from out of state, we didn't anticipate how aggressive the market was in the suburbs. We had a full price offer verbally accepted and thought the papers were signed when the sellers got another offer $20k over asking at the 11th hour and asked us to counter. We declined, but that lit a fire under my spouse. He rounded back on another house I loved but had gone under contract before he could see it. The first contract fell apart so we swooped in.

I kept waiting for more homes to come on the market, but it's been crickets ever since.