Sentences with phrase «relatively high affordability»

Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a rate of 5.1 million for December, with buyers eager to take advantage of relatively high affordability in a housing market that is gaining steam.

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While it may seem as though Sin City would be an expensive place to live, it ranks relatively high (21st out of 150) for affordability.

Although a large part of this activity probably reflects the desire to complete construction prior to the introduction of the GST, other factors have contributed to the strong demand for housing, notably the relatively high levels of affordability throughout 1999.

Despite its relatively high Social ranking, two factors hurt Vancouver's liveability: inadequate public transit and road infrastructure; and poor housing affordability.

The decreasing affordability of higher education is eroding the last relatively secure path into the middle class, as more students take on larger amounts of debt to finance their higher educations, or forego it altogether.

While many people strongly favor the affordability of term life — relatively low premiums for a higher death benefit — others can not stomach the idea of paying premiums every month for 10 or 20 years and then, assuming they are still alive (which is the most likely scenario) having nothing to show for it at the end of the term.

These include deteriorating rental affordability in expensive urban cores; new apartments, albeit high - end ones, opening downtown compared to relatively few in outlying areas; and preferences among some renters toward the space offered by single - family homes in the suburbs.»

«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.

According to the National Association of Realtors» housing affordability index, affordability in the Houston area is still relatively high.