The current economics are a mass of shyte, don't want to go down that rabbit hole too much here lol. I'm currently in no position financially to consider buying a home so it'll be at least a year before I can start thinking about it seriously. I agree if housing market bubble bursts that would be the ideal time to buy obviously but I also think that's not quite turning out to be the case, more just a leveling-off but I'm also not an economist.
I'm going to apply all over the state to begin with then narrow down my options based on the actual offers I get. Thankfully I now have 2+ years *relevant* professional experience in addition to my master's so my odds of having employers interested in me are a lot better than 5 years ago. But when I do get offers I'll check back here and get your Texans' opinions before making a decision.