Conforming loan limits for mortgages bought by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will increase for the second consecutive year in response to
the rapid rise in home prices, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said.
Not exact matches
The results illustrate how New Yorkers are struggling to find affordable
homes due to the
rapid rise in prices and rents over the last decade.
While revenue initially surged as property taxes caught up with the
rapid growth
in home prices associated with the pre-recession housing bubble, they fell sharply once
home prices plummeted, and since then have
risen only slowly.
On the demand side, the strong growth
in rent mirrors
rapid home price appreciation
in the metropolitan area: the median existing single family
home price in Naples has
risen by 88 %
in the last five years and is the highest
in the South at $ 417,800 (compared with the U.S. median
price of $ 231,100).
«With
home prices in a broad trough and historically low mortgage interest rates, high housing affordability conditions and
rising rents could stimulate a more
rapid sales recovery if banks get back into the business of lending to more creditworthy borrowers,» Yun said.