I bought my first home about two years ago and clearly there was a lot of issues happening around that time that drove the price up since start of Covid : record low interest rates, people were cashed up from not going on overseas holidays/100% wfh, everyone moving to escape lockdowns, getting crazy salary offers as there was skill shortage etc.
I bough what I could at the time, so now just wanted a somewhat bigger place, just need one (1!!!!) more bedroom as ...