2614 Frankel Street, Lakewood, CA was the first house my dad bought in 1965. He had the GI bill and iirc something like a 1.5% mortgage. Purchase price of the home was 13,500.00. His first year's teacher's salary was "around $9,000" he told me (that wasn't the starting salary for teachers, but he had five years teaching and coaching experience and a Master's degree when he arrived). So, that house cost around 1.5 times his annual salary. That house last sold in 2006 for 495,000.00 (Zillow's estimated "value" today is 461,000.00). Today a teacher in that district with 5 years experience makes 65,625. So, that house today costs 7 times his annual salary, not 1.5.