Buyer's Market, Right?

Yesterday we went took a ride out to some towns near Leesburg, VA. 

• House #10, Purcellville: First stop was a property with a horse paddock and barn.  Wasn't really in Purcellville, though; Google Maps put us in Neersville.  Nice place.  Road was a trifle noisy for my tastes.  Very nice barn that they were apparently using for storage.  Interesting kitchen/dining space.  Two living rooms with stoves; one carpeted and one all hardwoods.  3 bedrooms all tucked into one corner of the house, so a little crowded.  Interesting, but not amazing.
• House #11, Purcellville: Stone Cape Cod 3 br/2 ba.  Similar layout to that of the home we had in Massachusetts.  Older kitchen with hideous countertops, but good kitchen space.  New carpet, which made me laugh since they laid it down in the dining and living rooms over hardwood floors.  Two large and one small bedroom.  Bathrooms are small but would be workable, especially if I had a vanity table in the bedroom.  Giant sunny flat backyard with room for a garden and more.  Big unfinished basement.  Would need some electrical work, and eventually central A/C and some heating work, but still, very interesting.
• House #12, Lovettsville: Colonial on a corner lot.  Noisy corner, and the exterior of the house was in such poor condition we didn't even bother going inside.
• House #13, Lovettsville: Colonial on another, smaller lot.  No backyard at all, so we didn't bother.
• House #14, Purcellville: New construction in a development.  We weren't really interested in that particular house, but N wanted me to see the sort of house that could potentially be built if we end up going that route.  Decent indoor space, minimal outdoors.  The orange tabby that followed us all around the house mooching head skritches was awesome, though.

Someone else beat us to the punch on the Cape Cod; it's off the market as of this morning.  Am trying not to get frustrated and feel pressured, but it's hard.  We're unwilling to jump the gun on a house we have just seen (unless it's perfect, which isn't going to happen), despite the fact that we could lose it.  We don't want to rush to a decision.

So tomorrow we're off to look at a house in Catlett that's a bit pricey but could turn out to be great.  Maybe a home or two in Warrenton?  Monday will be a trip to Linden on my day off.  Details to follow.