home prices

Allison and I had a conversation over dinner discussing the prices of homes around here. Depressing. It is hard to imagine that a dual income home with no debt will struggle big time to own a home. Well lets just say we can afford one but our payment will be over half of our income, that is crazy. And when we decide to start having kids we will be eating mac and cheese just so we can make the payments!!! If prices go down, great, if not what do you do. I don't know what to think of the whole thing. I am fine for now paying our rent for our little home and just trying to put money away. I will admit though that all these people with homes that have built up over 100,000 dollars in equity makes me a little jealous that they got in when they did. Is it evil of me to want the housing market to take a dump. Will it hurt too many people who are overextended right now with their enormous payments??? Well lets just wait this one out a little longer. Maybe we will end up moving to Colorado or Oregon after all...