Tag Archives: Housing Affordability

According to a new survey, more Americans are losing faith that the housing crisis is really over.

As mortgage interest rates continue to remain at historical lows and home prices stay on favorable ground, housing affordability followed these trends with an increase in the first quarter of 2016.

Federal housing regulations are “too antiquated” to address future consumers’ housing needs, according to the House Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance.

With household income lagging and home prices continuing their upward climb, fewer buyers are able to afford a home in today's housing market

First-time buyers may want to turn their attentions toward suburbs in 2016. As home prices are showing no signs of slowing down, affordability becomes a larger issue when purchasing a home.

The U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) found that more than 18 million homeowner households and more than 20 million renter households experienced housing affordability problems last year, with renters suffering more consistently high “cost burden” issues than owners.

A slight drop in nationwide housing affordability was recorded in the second quarter of 2015, mostly due to rising home prices, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index released today.

Housing affordability is up nationwide due to low interest rates and home prices as National Homeownership Month begins in June, according to a recent release from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The latest NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index released in mid-May reports that about two-thirds of new and existing homes sold in the first quarter of 2015 were affordable to families that earned $65,800, which is the U.S. median yearly income.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) released the results of their index today, noting that housing affordability nationwide received a boost for Q1 2015 due to low home prices and interest rates.

The conference, entitled The Housing Affordability Opportunity: Lowering Costs and Expanding Supply is a two part event hosted in partnership with Habitat for Humanity International and Enterprise Community Partners and will focus on the issue of expanding housing across the nation.