If by afford you mean "take out a loan that will not be paid off until the property is underwater from global warming", sure. There is no job that's kept pace

If by afford you mean "take out a loan that will not be paid off until the property is underwater from global warming", sure. There is no job that's kept pace with the growth of the economy, let alone the growth of the stock market. At this point the smartest economic decision anyone can make is to invent cryosleep, build a modest nuclear reactor in their basement and wait for the year 3000 where compound interest would have made them the richest person in the world.