In what market will residents need to use more than 90% of their income to afford a home? Click through to find out.
Read More »Affordability Receives a Jolt
Consumers’ homebuyer power increased in June by 3.3% from the prior month and has risen 12.2% year-over-year, according to First American Financial Corporation’s Real House Price Index (RHPI). ...
Read More »Land-Use Regulations and its Impact on Affordability
A new study from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies analyzes the efforts over the past five decades to remove barriers to homeownership, and certain zoning regulations ...
Read More »Affordability, Technology, and the Future
Editor’s note: This feature originally appeared in the August issue of MReport, out now. Danny Gardner leads Freddie Mac’s Single-Family Affordable Lending and Access to Credit business. In ...
Read More »Will Entry Level Homes Finally Become More Affordable?
A new analysis gives insights into the markets where home price growth is slowing down. Here’s what this trend could mean for first-time homebuyers.
Read More »Affordability at an 18 Month Best
Affordability is the best it's been in over a year, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor Report from Black Knight.
Read More »Chronicling California’s Affordability Issues
California is no stranger to affordability issues, but a new report by The Mercury News reveals that today’s buyers pay nearly nine times the median annual income—$100,000—for a ...
Read More »Affordable Homes Becoming Less Affordable
While pricier homes are seeing modest price growth, Redfin takes a look at why middle-income buyers are feeling pushed out of the market.
Read More »Can Technology Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis?
One of the major issues surrounding the housing market currently is the struggle to find affordable housing. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported in May that ...
Read More »Fannie Mae: Examining “a Divergence in Housing Affordability”
Fannie Mae’s latest Home Purchase sentiment index revealed that while low mortgage rates buoyed consumer interest, these factors continue to hang over American homebuyers.
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