Why would you believe what the sales person says is happening? They only get paid if you buy. There are many articles where buyers are protesting saying the sales people said the next phase would be X and it isn’t. Or sales people said the builder would never, and they are.
Tied of checking out market news every day, guilt of wife pressure, will buy new soon
Go forth an buy then, as you say, if you loose $100K it doesn’t matter to you.
