First-Time Buyers Need to Earn 13% More Than a Year Ago to Afford the Typical U.S. Starter Home
Rising home prices and elevated mortgage rates have pushed the income necessary to buy the typical U.S. starter home up 13% over the last year. New listings of starter homes are down 23%, the biggest decline since the start of the pandemic. San Francisco, Austin and Phoenix are the only major U.S. metros where the