Freddie Mac will offer low-cost loans to owners of multifamily properties who keep their buildings affordable to households earning 80 percent or less of an area’s median income for the duration of...
Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing
2018 Could be the Worst Year Yet for Housing Affordability
Thanks to rising home prices, rising interest rates, and rising demand for housing, housing affordability is likely to plummet over the course of 2018. Housing affordability, which is defined as the...
Affordability Still Out of Reach for Median Wage Earners
ATTOM Data Solutions, released its Q1 2018 U.S. Home Affordability Report, which shows that median home prices in Q1 2018 were not affordable for average wage earners in 304 of 446 U.S. counties...
Take Heed, Housing Affordability Issue to Worsen
You might expect the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) to be happy to hear about inventory shortages since that means there is a need for more new construction. But the NAHB’s chief...
Housing Affordability Impacts Investor Strategy
The Atlanta skyline has a lot of visible cranes right now making it easy to understand that we are in an interesting growth cycle. Everybody is giddy and excited about where the real estate market...
Rising Rents, Stagnant Wages, & the Burden of Unstable Housing
While homelessness may not be viewed as a looming issue on the horizon for those who are financially stable, or otherwise have secure and stable housing—it’s not as distant as some might think. With...
Pricey Seattle Market Also “Most Affordable”
When you think of Seattle, Washington, you probably do not immediately think “affordability” in terms of its housing. After all, a metro area with a median home price of $610,000 is not necessarily...
Is There Hope for Housing Affordability?
According to a recent report from ATTOM Data Solutions, one in every four housing markets in the United States are becoming less affordable all the time. ATTOM’s Q1 2017 U.S. Home Affordability...
One-on-One with the Atlanta Housing Authority
Real estate investors often cringe at the words “local housing authority.” While the term has a long, storied, and often strongly negative connotation, most of that negativity is due to decades of...
Median Home Price Least Affordable Since 2008
ATTOM Data Solutions, released their Q2 U.S. Home Affordability Index on June 29, 2017, which shows the U.S. median home price of $253,000 in the second quarter of 2017 was at the least affordable...
