The report compares several projects by the de Blasio administration to the Aspen, an early Bloomberg - era development and venture between Ms. Glen and L&M that included half market - rate apartments, and half that were affordable units at either 50 or 130 percent of the city's so -
called area median income (currently about $ 86,000 for a family of three).
Not exact matches
The rezoning proposal
calls for a minimum of 20 percent of affordable units to be set aside for tenants earning 30 percent of the
area median income or less.
For any borrowers earning less than 80 % of the
median income in their
area, Citi offers a low - cost mortgage program
called HomeRun.
HUD estimates
median incomes and adjusts by household size in specific
areas called Metropolitan Statistical Areas, or
areas called Metropolitan Statistical
Areas, or
Areas, or MSAs.
So, I
called some real estate buddies and asked, «Generally, if I compare a house that is 50 % smaller than the
median home size in an
area, what is the price range as a percent of the
median home size that I can expect.»
If adopted, the legislation would
call on the federal government to allocate $ 200 million annually in 2004 and 2005 to cover downpayments and closing costs of first - time homeowners who earn less than 80 percent of their
area's
median income.
Call it a classic case of too much too soon: After zooming more than 9 percent in 2013 and 5 percent last year,
median home values in the six - county metro
area should level off with just a 0.5 percent increase in 2015, predicts Skylar Olsen, a senior economist at the real estate research firm Zillow.