Just reading this post got me stressed out thinking about what I would do if I had to move. We were lucky to get our current house in Los Angeles. We bought in 2012 when prices and interest rates were low ($415k and 3.5% for a 30y fixed in our case). Now houses in our neighborhood are going for $800k or more, so while we could sell easily, anywhere we would move would be even more. We put a lot of work into this house with a kitchen, bath, and sunroom remodel, artificial grass, a new covered patio, and solar panels, and I would hate to have to go through all that construction again so soon. Plus, this is the only house my 4 year old daughter has ever known, and I wouldn't want to give that up.