Last year, while Whitney Buehler was in Croatia on her honeymoon, the back of her mind was home in Atlanta gearing up for a summer of house hunting.
Ms. Buehler, 25, and her husband, Joey, 27, didn’t like renting, and had discussed the idea of buying a home for two years before getting married.
Throughout the pandemic, they had put aside around $40,000 in savings and kept an eye on the chaotic housing market. With their wedding out of the…