We recently bought an apartment (and moved not too long ago) in the south. If not for money that my parents left us after they passed, we would not have been able to buy. It’s actually a bit more than we can afford, but I’m looking at a few part-time job opportunities to help balance the monthly budget.
You also need to be realistic as to where you want to buy, in terms of affordability. Several cities are just way too expensive to buy anything decent, so we settled on an alternate place that we’ve found to be wonderful, B”H.
B’Hatzlacha!