Tag: affordability crunch

Making America Unaffordable Again

by Daren Blomquist | Jun 30, 2017 | Affordability, Data Lab, Home Sales & Prices, Real Estate News - Recent Articles, RealtyTrac Reports

Since bottoming out in the first quarter of 2012, U.S. median home prices have risen 69 percent while average weekly wages have risen just 9 percent during the same time period, pushing more and more local housing markets into a home affordability crunch — and not just those expensive politically “blue” markets on the coasts. In... Read More »