I try to show her data every now and again, especially the case-shiller trends – but its hard even when a house drops 33% of its value, that its still 50% more expensive than something similar in Houston, TX.

The only problem is if you were offering me a house for 1 dollar in Houston I still wouldn’t take it. I just simply don’t ever want to live in Texas, and if it means still paying a bit of a premium once prices plummet to remain in San Diego, I’d do it. I really think the problem for her is that she doesn’t care about dropping prices unless it actually means we can afford a house. Since we’re only pulling in about 85k together that is still a long ways away.