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Holy crap. That sucks. We just live in a tiny apartment underneath the flight path for the airport. I cannot wait to start house hunting....3 years from now.

I'm sorry. That sucks. We only looked for about six months but we spent most of our spare time on the transaction. We had three contracts bust before we managed to close, and we lost a few bidding wars in between. It's a brutal buyer's market right now. Hang in there.

Ugh, I am sorry that sucks!!

Wow! That is nuts. We started looking in April and went into contract Dec 31. It was depressing especially seeing how crappy some houses were that looked good online.

@oliviaoblivia: That sucks big time! I think we are in the same housing market and it is crazy out there, I'm not sure how I will handle the bidding wars

I'm so sorry! We lost one and it hurt. Just take heart that you aren't locking in a losing investment as some of the top bidders may be.... ie willing to pay too much and therefore setting themselves up for a guaranteed loss down the road. Most annoying thing to hear but has always been true for me: it will work out in the end and you'll be glad these didnt happen. Hope the right one comes along soon !

Edited to add the one we lost we found out it was by 2k. They pretty much used us to bid the other person up and told them what they had to get. Horrible.

@oliviaoblivia: I hate house hunting disappointment! We started looking for a 2 bedroom condo in January, offered on 7 condos also (in a span of 6 months)..... Were the highest bidder 3 times, ALL of which fell through for various reasons until we finally found a For Sale By Owner condo, offered asking price if they wouldn't show it to anyone else, closed, and moved in just 1 week before we had our baby.

It was SO stressful. We aren't even that picky--- we just wanted it to not suck, have parking, and have 2 bedrooms. But housing in our area is expemsive andm stressful, too.

Stick,wth it--- you'll find one that works out eventually!

We're not in the house hunting game yet, but that must be so frustrating! I'm sorry

So sorry, house hunting kinda sucks!

Ugh, that blows. Hopefully your luck/the market turns in your favor soon!

BOOOOOOO House hunting can be sooo frustrating!

So sorry, it is so frustrating. Hope you get one soon!

@oliviaoblivia: Ughhh awful We had a bidding war for our house years ago (Peel).. I can't believe it is still ridiculous. It is discouraging ... in the end it will be worth it. Don't give up and don't settle.

I heard (at least in my area) a lot of first time buyers are losing bids to investors paying cash, so I wonder if that was the case for you. Sorry, this sucks.

Oh that stinks! No experience yet here. We are just starting to look for our first home. Hope you get a great one and soon!!

@oliviaoblivia: im so sorry friend. T.O is such a hard place to house shop!!! :T

@oliviaoblivia: We live just west of Mimico and seriously, we LOOOOVE this neighbourhood. It's still a bit gritty but there are so many wonderful young families! Where were you looking?

@oliviaoblivia: Ahhh we weren't picky--we wanted something that we could make our own over many years...so that's what we got! A work-in-progress!

There are so many places going up on the market now though--hope you can find something perfect for you guys soon. Those offer date houses are terrible. I hate the process.

@oliviaoblivia: We are just south of Lakeshore on the numbered streets. Are you folks looking for a totally 'done' house?

I feel for you--we were looking for..erm...6 months? And I was just d.o.n.e. with it! My hubs also works in 'sauga and we were living in a friend's condo in Scarborough that they don't use. It was brutal. Maybe that's why life here seemed so much better

But like I said...we're not so picky...so we would have found something somewhere!