«Stronger wage growth is the silver lining in this report,
outpacing home price growth in more than half of the markets for the first time since Q1 2012, when median home prices were still falling nationwide.
Wage growth, however,
outpaced home price growth in 21 percent of the counties analyzed, and outpaced rent growth in 38 percent.
Not exact matches
In Seattle,
home of the company's current headquarters, the influx of high - paid Amazon employees has coincided with rent increases that
outpace almost all other U.S. cities and the fastest
growth rate in
home prices nationwide.
In many cities,
home -
price gains have
outpaced wage and income
growth over the last couple of years, and this kind of trend can lead to housing affordability issues.
During the quarter, the strongest
growth continued to come from outside of the downtown core, with all GTA sub-regions
outpacing home price appreciation in the City of Toronto.
It's no secret that
home prices are
outpacing income
growth.
In many U.S. cities,
home -
price gains over the last few years have
outpaced wage and income
growth by a wide margin.
The housing affordability issue in San Diego has been well documented, and it could worsen over the coming years as
home price appreciation
outpaces income
growth.
When
home prices rise too quickly,
outpacing wage
growth and other economic metrics, we get into «bubble» situations.
If the
growth of mortgage lending
outpaces the supply of new
homes, this will inevitably bid up house
prices.
«In the majority of markets,
home price appreciation has been
outpaced by
growth in rental rates.»
But
home prices have far
outpaced wage
growth.
Home prices continue to chart
growth, rising on an annual basis to
outpace inflation, according to CoreLogic's recently released
Home Price Index (HPI) for January 2017.
The National Association of REALTORS (R) recently reported that housing affordability has fallen to a five - year low as
home price increases have
outpaced income
growth.
«Affordability has fallen to a five - year low as
home price increases easily
outpaced income
growth,» he said.
According to Yun, most of the metro areas with the biggest need for increased construction have strong appetites for buying,
home -
price growth that
outpaces incomes and common instances where
homes sell very quickly.
«Affordability has fallen to a five - year low, as
home price increases easily
outpaced income
growth,» Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of REALTORS ®, noted in a recent housing report.
«Although the economy is expected to continue to expand with around 2 million net new job creations, existing -
home sales are expected to see little expansion next year because of affordability tensions from rising mortgage rates and
prices continuing to
outpace income
growth,» says Yun.
And throughout the country, increases in
home prices are
outpacing wage
growth.»
Some industry experts predicted that as
home prices become too heated in the most expensive markets in America and far
outpace wage
growth, homebuyers will give up on those markets and buy in the city outskirts, or in other more affordable markets.
Zillow is predicting that buyers will move (or relocate, for repeat homebuyers) toward «amenity - rich suburbs» or mini-cities in order to find affordable
homes for sale as
prices outpace wage
growth in larger metros.
An unfortunate byproduct of the housing market
growth is
prices outpacing wage
growth by almost double, meaning fewer people are going to be able afford
homes in the coming years.
Home prices have risen quickly over the last three and half years, again
outpacing wage and job
growth.
Toronto - Dominion Bank economist Diana Petramala points out that last month marked the first time since 2010 that
growth in condo
prices in Canada
outpaced the rise in single - family
home prices.
«Depressed inventory, particularly in the more affordable segments, will likely constrain sales and push
home price gains that
outpace income
growth.
However, Yun cites rising mortgage rates,
home prices that still
outpace wage
growth, and a fragile global economy as the main challenges that could hold back a stronger pace of sales this year.
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.
«That is good news because over the past few years rents and
home prices have far
outpaced wage
growth,» says Blomquist.
In Seattle,
home of the company's current headquarters, the influx of high - paid Amazon employees has coincided with rent increases that
outpace almost all other U.S. cities and the fastest
growth rate in
home prices nationwide.
And even though they are typically two - income families,
home prices are
outpacing wage
growth.
«As
home price appreciation continues to
outpace rental
growth in most areas, renting has clearly become the lesser of two housing affordability evils,» said Daren Blomquist, vice president at Attom, in a statement.
«Although buying is still more affordable than renting in the majority of U.S. housing markets, that majority is shrinking as
home price appreciation continues to
outpace rental
growth in most areas,» said Daren Blomquist, vice president at ATTOM Data Solutions.
«Although buying is still more affordable than renting in the majority of U.S. housing markets, that majority is shrinking as
home price appreciation continues to
outpace rental
growth in most areas,» said ATTOM Data Solutions vice president Daren Blomquist in a press release.