If that pattern continues, it will help turn the tide in
the eroding home affordability trend.»
Not exact matches
While historically low rates are helping to offset the faster appreciation of
home prices relative to incomes, a higher mortgage rate would
erode affordability under these conditions.
«With interest rates on the rise, housing
affordability and
home sales activity are expected to continue to
erode over the second half of 2010,» he says.
In British Columbia and Ontario, this trend reflects
eroding affordability for single - family
homes.»
Current inventory conditions are also
eroding affordability, especially for first - time homebuyers in the market for starter
homes, which would require 39.1 percent of their monthly income.
While historically low rates are helping to offset the faster appreciation of
home prices relative to incomes, a higher mortgage rate would
erode affordability under these conditions.