If you’re considering buying a home, you’ve likely already thought about whether or not you can afford it. After all, buying a home is a major financial transaction, so there are few considerations more important than how affordable homes are.
Affordable Homes In The Market
A new report has emerged, measuring the affordability of homes for families earning the national median income. It discovered that 59.6% of new and existing homes sold between April and June were affordable. But while that’s positive news, affordability did fall from the first quarter, with the number of affordable homes down due to rising home prices. “Home prices appreciated robustly during the second quarter due to better-than-expected housing demand in the wake of the pandemic and because the coronavirus hindered the ability of builders to ramp up production,” Robert Dietz, NAHB’s chief economist, said. In fact, increasing prices let to a 1.7 percent drop in the number of affordable homes. During the first quarter, 61.3% of homes that were sold were considered affordable. Follow the link for more information (source).
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