Very True Angry Rat.
Remember after the GFC Many people bought houses in the USA for $50k when the market was terrible.
Fast forward to today and the same houses are $200k plus.
For sure you can try and low ball and buy one at $50k. You’d kindly find yourself told by any agent to get F#$&@ as it’s a different market now and you need to pay more.
That was then. This is now.