Housing was and has NEVER been anything other than an investment of a neccesity. Its not a "home" hell, when my wife and i first got married we made a "home" out of a garage conversion for 6 months. Marketing geniuses have introduced that "Emotional B.S." into the feelings of satisfaction of "owning" (renting money from the bank) a "Home"….. Keep your eye on the ball here.
Anytime you replace logic with emotion in a financial decision, you have entered the "loss" zone.
Look at how MUCH money Hallmark Cards made by getting people to send cards for ANY occaision ? Ingenius ! There is an industry thats trying to do that same thing with housing……fall for it at your own peril