Timing the Market Rarely Works - But Buying at the Right Time for YOU Does

Everyone thinks they can outsmart the market.

Everyone.

Some buyers swear they’ll “wait for the crash.”

They’re convinced the perfect moment is right around the corner,  when prices magically fall, interest rates miraculously drop, and they snag their dream home for the cost of a used Honda.

Cute theory.

Terrible strategy.

Meanwhile…

The actual market?

It just keeps doing what it does best: ignoring predictions and rewarding the people who take action.

Let’s talk about the classic buyer who waits for the “big dip.”

You know the one -  your friend, your cousin, the coworker who shares economic forecasts like they’re stock tips.

They waited in 2020.

They waited in 2021.

They definitely waited in 2022 (because “THIS is when it’ll crash”).

They waited in 2023 (housing headlines got clickbaity).

They waited in 2024 (“rates are too high - I’ll buy when they go down”).

They waited in 2025 (“this time for real!!”).

And the house they could’ve bought?

That same house is now worth more.

Sometimes a lot more.

And they’re still waiting.

Here’s the truth:

Timing the market rarely works because the housing market doesn’t run on your schedule, my schedule, or anyone’s predictions.

It moves based on supply, demand, life events… and zero regard for anyone’s “waiting plan.”

So when is the right time to buy?

When it makes sense for you.

When the payment fits.

When the lifestyle fits.

When the timing of your life - not the timing of the headlines - aligns.

Because here’s the part people overlook:

You don’t build wealth by timing the market.

You build wealth by getting IN the market.

Equity grows while you sleep.

Stability compounds while you live your life.

And waiting for the “perfect” moment is often how people miss the perfectly good one right in front of them.

So stop trying to be a real estate psychic.

Be a homeowner.

The market will do what it does.

Your job is simply to take the step when it’s right for you - not when the internet says the crash is coming (it’s been coming for 9 years now…).