It’s no secret that buying a home costs most of us an arm and a leg, and that might be why a new approach – inspired by The Golden Girls’ iconic shared living situation – is taking off. A new survey by US loan comparison site LendingTree has found that 29% of Americans would consider buying a home without a spouse or partner – 63% said they’d consider buying with a family member who wasn’t their spouse, and 57% said they would with a friend or roommate. LendingTree economist Jacob Channel said the result “speaks to where we are in the housing market: it’s really expensive to buy a house right now, and a lot of people are looking into alternative ways to purchase,” Channel says. And you have to admit, it looks like it could be a good time…