 It's a great time to sell, and it's the best time in the next five years to buy because house prices continue to rise even though the market's wacky. So if you want to buy a home or sell a home and do it the right way, it's a blessing. If you do it the wrong way, it's a curse. All real estate transactions are not good. Only ones that make sense inside your situation are good. And sitting around waiting on the market to change to suit you is not a plan.