Only one thing happened in after the GFC, house prices went through the roof, clouds, up there... Basically an investor recently commented that the greatest assets bubble in history was about to start building if the fed did not take it foot off the rocket motors... If you did not buy US tech you also missed the tech bubble starting to build 3.0.. If this is Ipso them prices at these levels in 5 years time will be though of as the low and regret will be high.
Amended - Here in the central north island house prices really hit heights in 2018-2019.