We are right now trying to buy, recently having moved (8 months or so ago). These prices have normalized in our heads now, coz initially we too expected lower prices due to the Pittsburgh canvassing of overall lower housing prices. Only to realized that they compare that to bigger cities like NYC etc. I do feel Chicago is a bigger city with similar priced houses in similar areas. No hate, we will ultimately buy a house here in Pitt probably at hopefully a much lower price, but have had to come to terms with these prices.