Okay I don’t have friends to ask…, but I have relatives and a lot of my parents’ friend circle and a lot of them apparantly own their homes… and apparantly there are a few that even own rental properties…
(USA, their social circle varies from Seattle, Boston, NYC, and Philly)
I’m with my parents and they own this house…
It hurts to see thousands of dollars every month leave my bank account knowing it could be building equity instead.
You can find a place to buy. You just won’t enjoy living there.
Lots of people won’t make lifestyle or other compromises for home ownership, some will. It’s a choice.
Affordable properties are not going to be desirable.