2.5-3x income was what we were striving for when we bought our last house. Unfortunately, we couldn't find something in that range that we agreed on. We ended up getting a newly built house for $325k (3.6x income when we bought in 2018, and 3x now). I have no regrets, as I absolutely love the house. It's more square footage than I wanted, but we use all of it.
If I were to buy another house, 3x would be my goal again, but it would be just as unlikely to happen now as it was then. Housing prices have grown rapidly in this area, due in part to a sizable influx of people and the fact that builders just keep building houses bigger and bigger.