We were lucky enough to buy this year, and I love the house we bought and the location it resides in, but honestly, I enjoyed being a renter, and I wish the sti

We were lucky enough to buy this year, and I love the house we bought and the location it resides in, but honestly, I enjoyed being a renter, and I wish the stigma around renting would go away. Until then, affordability will continue to suffer as long as housing is treated as an appreciating asset. They are diametrically opposing goals. To wit, Americans have been stretching their finances to get into their first homes for a long time (think 401(k) loans and ARMs of the past).