Searching for a House

Despite my continued unemployment, we have started looking for some kind of property to purchase, if for no other reason than to stop throwing money away on rent every month. The results of our initial search were very disheartening. We can either buy a very small townhome near the location we want (smaller than our current place), or an ugly house far away that will give the BF quite a commute and may fall down at any minute. I hope it was just a bad week for listings.