Heh, I don't understand why you are getting downvoted (well I do, but it's not a charitable interpretation). Yep, totally agree - people are not entitled to buy

Heh, I don't understand why you are getting downvoted (well I do, but it's not a charitable interpretation). Yep, totally agree - people are not entitled to buy a house wherever they want. At least before the money printer went brrrrr, housing prices as compared to income in the US (median) were one of the lowest among the developed countries. Even now, median house is $375k [1]. Get out of your bubble. And I say it from the position of someone who actually made this mistake - I bought in Seattle and regret it. A much better decision would have been to buy a cheaper, better house somewhere else. Still, I'm not going to be mad at people telling me this truth :) [1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS