First Click: Why can’t I buy a home on Airbnb?

Buying a house is a headache. I recently had the misfortune of having to participate in a six-month stress test to purchase a house in Britain, and it’s a tiring and anxiety-inducing process. We have ancient English laws that date back to 1677 that allow someone selling a house to accept an offer on a property and then immediately accept a higher bid from someone else. We call it gazumping, and it makes the entire process uncertain and worrisome. It usually takes weeks or months to exchang