Some Would-Be Buyers Have Given Up Survey Estimates 1 in 3 Could Wait a Year or More By Lew Sichelman | Special to Banker & Tradesman | Mar 14, 2021 | Reprints | Print Stephanie Visscher is still in the game. But she is pulling her hair out. Along with her boyfriend, the Denver public relations counselor has been looking for a house since early January, to no avail. Inventory is so scarce where she wants to live, and competition so stiff, that she hasn’t even had a chance to make an offer. “It’s definitely been tempting to give up,” Visscher told me. “Everyone said you have to make compromises on your first home, but there’s nothing to compromise on. When I have gone to showings, it’s crazy.”