Not exact matches
This statistic, combined with some of the others we used for this
study, also indicates when a particular place has a strong job
market,
affordable housing, and entertainment attractions.
However, for borrowers with student loans and car payments, monthly
house payments are
affordable in less than half of U.S.
housing markets studied by RealtyTrac.
Metro Orlando, long considered an
affordable housing market, has the nation's greatest shortage of rentals for extremely low - income tenants, a new
study shows.
But in other areas of the nation — parts of Florida that have been plagued with foreclosures, for instance — flipping can be part of the process of getting
affordable housing back on the
market, says Hector Sandoval, a University of Florida economist who has
studied flipping in the state.
In our Healthiest
Housing Markets study, Connecticut was near the bottom, coming in at 37th, mainly due to its lack of affordable housing stock and percentage of homes sold for
Housing Markets study, Connecticut was near the bottom, coming in at 37th, mainly due to its lack of
affordable housing stock and percentage of homes sold for
housing stock and percentage of homes sold for a loss.
According to
Housing Needs in New Hampshire, a
study commissioned by New Hampshire
Housing and performed by the Center for Public Policy
Studies and Applied Economic Research, the state's rental
market has grown progressively less
affordable.
The
study, conducted by
market research firm Harris Interactive Inc. on behalf of homebuilder Pulte Homes Inc.'s Del Webb brand, indicates that the top reasons boomers would leave their state for retirement is more
affordable housing, better community lifestyle, warmer climate, and to be closer to family.
Buying, the
study states, is still more
affordable than renting in 58 percent of U.S.
housing markets despite home price appreciation outpacing rent growth in 55 percent of
markets.
Orlando remains one of the nation's more
affordable housing markets, but the pinch of rising home prices on incomes is evident in a new
study released Thursday.