I truly don't like to think that another human being is as distressed as you are, however, with that said, around 12 months ago many posters here and commentators elsewhere predicted that housing would once again take off.
So most people have had plenty of warning.
''I won't buy because the market is flat but I won't buy because the market is rising, either.''
Nobody rings a bell to signal the bottom of the market-least of all, economists.