Observed arrival · 2026-08-21
House Regrets prices the house you didn’t buy
Choose a US metro and the year you almost bought, then compare the home’s estimated value with the mortgage, rent, and S&P 500 alternative you could have had.
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House Regrets turns housing FOMO into a checkable counterfactual, using FHFA data across 410 metros and mortgage rates from the relevant year. It also prints the less emotionally convenient cases where the house loses.
Choose a US metro and the year you almost bought, then compare the home’s estimated value with the mortgage, rent, and S&P 500 alternative you could have had.
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