Home endeavors

So I'm thinking about buying a house. I don't exactly know if it's the best idea I've ever had. But I do know that spending more money on rent is completely discouraging at this point for me. I might as well just take $7,000 and light it on fire. Cause that's about what I'm getting for renting. However, houses are what I would like to call.... ah ridiculously priced. When I was living in Canton I explored buying something but not too much. The same house apparently costs somewhere around 1.5x-2x more in Montpelier as compared to Canton. Discouraging.