<prompt> Human: So my husband and I both 26yo are feeling a lot of pressure from our parents, friends, etc. to buy a house asap. To give you a little overview:- We live in the SF Bay Area. - We have no debt.- We make 8-8.5k net each month.- We have 50k in savings. We save about 2.5-3k each month not including what is going into our retirement accounts.- We have 35k in our retirement accounts contribute to them each month.- We are renting a 2 bedroom condo for 2250 which includes water garbage.- We have a 1 year old daughter and plan to have one or two more kids.- My parents watch our daughter for free when we work and live close by, so we dont really want to move too far away.Right now we are able to live very comfortably, but we are feeling the pressure that we should buy a house ASAP. People say we only need to put 5-10 down and we are just throwing our money away renting. Just looking for some 3rd party opinions! Thanks so much :ETA: Thanks for all of the responses! To clarify a couple things- yes, we do want to buy a house. We just dont want to be house poor to do so. We wouldnt buy just because of the pressure from familyfriends. I was just seeking some other opinions that we arent making a mistake by doing so. Im thinking well keep saving for a couple of more years and then reevaluate. Again, thanks so much for all of the replies!  <response>: Sounds like you dont want to buy a house. The only reason you would is because of pressure from family and friends, but you cant make literally the largest purchase of your life just because your family and friends are pressuring you. It doesnt hurt them to pressure you not their life, not their money. Based on your rough budget, it looks like you could,have enough saved in the next few years to buy, but you dont right now. You want to try to put 20 down for lots of reasons and still have cash left over to pay closing costs and have a very healthy emergency fund leftover. That takes more cash than you have saved right now.So dont let anyone pressure you into this. Its a big decision. 