The fundamental problem in today's Housing Market is simple:
Home Prices are growing way faster than Incomes.
Real Home Prices up +102% since 1970.
Real Incomes only up +26%.
Something changed starting in early 2000s.
To afford a $500,000 home in the US, a person would need to make $140,000 a year, per MarketWatch.
Real median household income in the US was $70,784 as of 2021.