There are many factors when it comes to buying a property for own stay. I'm not rushing per se but if I'm buying a place for potentially 10-15 years of stay, and OLA checks all the right boxes for me, judging from the current market space after doing all my research, I'm getting the conclusion of 'why not'.
The pricing might not be 100% ideal but as you said before, buying a property also has an emotional aspect to it. If I'm buying a property solely for investment now then OLA is definitely not the right choice.
But more so than monetary terms, waiting around for a few years for the perfect property for my future family may have more potential capital gain but you would lose a few years, and time, my friend, is way more valuable than money to me. You can study trends and cycles but no one can predict the future for sure. For example, who would have predicted these two global disasters going on at the same time right now.
What do you think?