Sentences with phrase «home affordability goes»

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A few weeks ago, I visited the first new home to receive «official» zero carbon status and so I've seen how energy efficiency can go hand in hand with good design and affordability.

«So when the speech is dedicated mostly to rental affordability, it's not going to speak to the main concerns and priorities of a community that's backbone is home ownership.»

It will probably surprise no one that the bottom spot for both housing costs and affordability (the amount of time it takes to buy a home) went to the city of Vancouver, where the average home rings in at a shocking $ 857,400.

If you plan on selling a home on our way to (or at) the next peak of mortgage rates, know that rising interest rates mean affordability for buyers gets crimped, especially if there are no lower - cost substitute products for buyers to turn to when loan costs go up.

Any time the price of a home goes up there will likely be concern about the affordability of that home, but there is good news.

Rising mortgage interest rates pose affordability problems for all home buyers, but current homeowners looking to buy a new home are in a uniquely challenging situation: At higher rates, monthly payments on even a similarly - valued home will go up, to say nothing of a more expensive home.

It's becoming increasingly difficult for families to own a home in Canada and affordability is only expected to get worse going forward, according to the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY).

It's becoming increasingly difficult for families to own a home in Canada and affordability is only expected to get worse going forward.

In this video, NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun talks about the factors that led to the decline in existing - home sales in September: summer sales were stronger than usual, affordability is at a five - year low, income is not rising at the same rate as home prices, and interest rates are going up.

As the cost of renting has gone up, the affordability of housing — due to falling mortgage rates and home values — has gotten more favorable.

For most people affordability of the real estate inventory in a particular neighborhood or community is going to dictate what towns a home buyer will choose to find a new home.

Low inventory and affordability concerns are projected to continue to post challenges that could further restrain home sales going into 2016.

«Most of those owners also will be buying another home, but higher levels of new home construction going into 2014, combined with some reduction in demand from less favorable affordability conditions, will help to moderate price growth to more sustainable levels.»