I agree with this wholeheartedly. A house is to live in. It's a place to live, not a financial instrument. They are only inherently worth some amount that aligns with wages in a given location.

So, like my first house cost a year of the median wage in my city; it was a wreck, so let's say two years of pay was the average house. I think my mom's house was around that too, but now they are more like 5x the median pay, that makes no sense because they are the same thing - a place to live.