Home Affordability is Nearly the Worst on Record as Mortgage Rates Spike
Industry Update
May 2, 2022
Source: CNBC
Mortgage rates just hit their highest level since 2009, and home prices are continuing to experience double-digit gains. Now, nearly all of the major housing markets in the United States are less affordable than they have been historically, and affordability is near its worst point on record.
New calculations from Black Knight, a mortgage technology and data provider, show that 95% of the 100 biggest U.S. housing markets are less affordable than their long-term levels. That figure was at 6% at the start of the COVID pandemic. Thirty-seven markets are less affordable than they have ever been.
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