This might be duh for some people, but if you’re like me and considering a mortgage; at today’s rates in the US at around 5-6%, over 30yr mortgage you will pay about same in interest as you will for your house price.
Your $500k house will cost you around $1M total over thirty years.
I was surprised.
You also won’t have had to maintain a house or pay property taxes. I sold mine and rent now because I found ownership to be a PITA. YMMV.