What would you expect from a bank? They'd like house prices to just keep going up and up.
Was speaking with a friend recently who moved over to the US. He met a Texas girl while travelling and married her. They bought a near new 2 storey 5 brm, 2 bathroom, double garage home with massive resort style inground pool in Houston for $625K. Similar house in the suburb that I live in in Melbourne would cost you at least $1.8-$2m.
