I'm so glad we got our offer accepted before the market went bananas. The sellers were a retired couple offloading their rental properties and when accepting the offer asked to delay the actual sale for a few months so that it would occur in the next calendar year. In that time frame interest rates continued to fall and the housing market rapidly heated up so we got our house at a lower rate and lower price than we should have. It also doubled in value over the following 3 years thanks to the hyperinflation and overheated housing market of 2021-22