I'm not trying to rain on anyone's parade here but can you tell me why you are buying in a market that is falling dramatically ? I'm only asking out of curiosity. I am wondering what your thoughts are about the current state of the market and where it's going
I would imagine that most people buying a house are buying it for the medium-long term. Who knows where house prices will be in 5 years time? I know I couldn't give a hoot what house prices are at the moment, because we're settled for the next few years at least and maybe longer.
Your point about buying in a falling market is a fair one, but with the way things are at the moment, mortgages are becoming more and more expensive. In our case, we got a loan offer last September for 95%, tracking at ECB+.75% and closed in May. I just checked the equivalent rate and it's ECB+2.55% which we would simply not have been able to afford. And there's no way we could have gotten a 10% deposit together. So you can wait a few months to save a few thousand euro, but those savings will be more than eaten up by the more expensive credit.
So while it might be a fair point to say people are fools for buying in a falling market, it really isn't as black and white as that.