Tag: home affordability
Home Affordability Improves for Average U.S. Wage Earners to Best Level in Over Two Years
Home Ownership Consumes 31.1 Percent of Average Wage in First Quarter 2020; Home Prices Still Unaffordable in 66 Percent of Local Markets IRVINE, Calif. – March, 26, 2020 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), today released its first-quarter 2020... Read More »
The Most and Least Affordable U.S. Housing Markets in Q4 2019
According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ Q4 2019 U.S. Home Affordability Report issued this week, median home prices remain unaffordable for average U.S. wage earners. The report cites that is the case in 344 of 486, or 71 percent of the U.S. counties analyzed. That number is down from 73 percent from Q3 2019 and 75 percent from Q4 2018. ATTOM’s... Read More »
Median Home Prices Still Unaffordable for Average U.S. Wage Earners in Q4 2019
Home Ownership Consumes 32.5 Percent of Wages in Fourth Quarter, Down From 2018; Declining Mortgage Rates and Increasing Wages Overcoming Rising Prices; Home Prices Still Less Affordable Than Historic Averages in 49 Percent of Local Markets, Down from 72 Percent a Year Ago IRVINE, Calif. – Dec. 19, 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the... Read More »
Top 10 U.S. Counties with Worst and Best Home Affordability
With 74 percent of U.S. housing markets unaffordable for average wage earners to buy a median-priced home, where are the areas that are still affordable? As cited in ATTOM Data Solutions’ just released Q3 2019 U.S. Home Affordability Report, the largest populated counties where a median-priced home in Q3 2019 was not affordable for average wage... Read More »
Median-Priced Homes Remain Unaffordable for Average Wage Earners in 74 Percent of U.S. Housing Markets
Rising Home Prices Outpacing Wages in 76 percent of U.S. Housing Markets; Home Prices Less Affordable Than Historic Average in 61 Percent of Local Markets IRVINE, Calif. – Sept. 26, 2019 — ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), today released its Q3... Read More »
How Much Do You Need to Earn to Buy a Home Near You?
According to ATTOM Data Solutions’ just released Q2 2019 U.S. Home Affordability Report, median home prices in the second quarter of 2019 were not affordable for average wage earners in 74 percent (353 of 480) of U.S. counties analyzed in the report. If you are interested in learning more about our detailed housing statistics on home... Read More »