Sentences with phrase «pushed affordability of homes»

«With these declines, falling inventory has also pushed affordability of homes across all segments to new post-recession lows.

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British Columbia will start offering interest - free loans to help first - time home buyers with their down payments in a market where skyrocketing prices have fuelled an affordability crisis and pushed the dream of owning property out of reach for many.

If you are a first - time homebuyer, it's worth preparing a bidding war battle plan to improve your odds of getting the home you want — without pushing past your affordability threshold.

«This situation, coupled with the already precarious affordability situation for buyers, can lead to a self - fulfilling prophecy of sorts for the market as a whole, one where buyers rush to purchase homes at or above asking price in fear of waiting too long and losing out — pushing prices up and pulling marketing times even lower,» Villacorta says.

«Affordability will be the name of the game over the course of 2017, as the past few years of relatively impressive price growth have pushed home prices closer to the peak levels of 2006, with several markets reaching above and beyond to all - time highs,» Villacorta says.

Slowing home appreciation and lower mortgage rates helped push up home affordability in the Chicago area at the end of 2014 — but that was then and early 2015 may be another story.

Speculation was present at the time that home prices were pushing up close to against the affordability ceiling of the county.

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