>And if you really have to move - then you can still sell that property. People are getting new cars every 2-3 years and it's not that different from swapping real estate.

Of course it is. I think the average American car age is 11 years or something like that. But, if I wanted to swap cars like that, I can go into a dealer and basically transact it in 30 minutes. Good luck doing that with a house.

Well, it depends on whether it’s a buyers or sellers market.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/03/homes-buyers-sellers-redfin

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ACTLISCOUUS

When it was a sellers’ market, I knew people who sold in days, and buyers who lost out offering 50, 75k over asking price. Today, not so much.