That is one sport I have never 'got', along with baseball. When it comes to elite professional team sports, the USA seems to excel at developing 'world championships' in sports that nobody else bothers with. ( Other than the team brawls where the occasional ice hockey match breaks out ).
When we took out our mortgage in 1985, at three and a half times salary, it was to hopefully provide a secure home for our children, and ultimately for our retirement. There was never an expectation that house prices would boom in the way they did.