Compact Digital Camera Choice

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When you get a massive optical zoom range, the image quality drops, as does the widest apertures. It is for this reason I use prime lenses (single, fixed focal lengths) for my work photography. It might be worth getting some sample images from this camera under low light and across the zoom range to see if you're satisfied with the image quality.

For your house photos, the wide angle ability of the FZ72s lens will be useful but you may find it won't give you great shutter speeds in the low light associated with interior photography, although it'll be fine if you fancy getting the tripod out and going into manual mode!
The shutter lag, slow autofocus and slow frame-per-second rate will mean it might not be ideal for moving trains. Don't want to rain on your parade but these are the things I'd be concerned about; having said that, you might not be as bothered as I am about them! Go and test one, see if you like it mate.