For this, people invest their entire life's savings. Today, property prices have reached the seventh sky. Especially people ...

It won’t be impossible to buy a house in 2025 — just be prepared to play on hard mode. According to a November 2024 report from ICE Mortgage Technology, the monthly principal and interest ...

For example, if you want to budget $150 for groceries this week, you’d put that much into your “groceries” envelope. When you’ve spent that much at the store, you’re done.

If you can buy a house outright, that’s the best option. If not, take your total take-home pay and divide it by 4. That’s the mortgage payment you can afford.

T hat still doesn’t directly answer the question of whether buying a house, with all the sacrifice and hassle that entails, will make you, personally, happier. Here’s what the research suggests.