{"id":4022,"date":"2026-08-22T04:12:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=4022"},"modified":"2026-08-22T04:12:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T04:12:20","slug":"us-housing-affordability-gauge-worsens-for-first-time-since-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=4022","title":{"rendered":"US housing affordability gauge worsens for first time since 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>By Michael Sasso, Bloomberg News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A key measure of U.S. housing affordability worsened for the first time in almost three years, as higher borrowing costs soaked up a bigger chunk of earnings for new homebuyers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=4020\">CSP sergeant assaulted woman, threatened her before his arrest, Weld County officials say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Monthly payments on a median-priced $410,700 home accounted for 34% of a typical family\u2019s income in the second quarter of this year, according to data published Thursday by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo. That\u2019s up from 32% in the first quarter, and it reverses part of the most recent improvement recorded since early 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-year mortgage rates climbed steeply in the period, as the U.S. war with Iran drove borrowing costs higher across the economy, and they\u2019re now close to a one-year high at around 6.8%. A 2% increase in median new-home prices during the quarter added to the squeeze, the builders association said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuyers faced high mortgage rates and economic uncertainty, while builders dealt with rising construction costs, unnecessary regulatory burdens and labor shortages,\u201d NAHB Chairman Bill Owens, an Ohio builder, said in a release.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=4018\">Emma Coburn reflects on Olympic medal 10 years after historic run<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New-home sales that were hot four years ago have flattened more recently, forcing homebuilders to offer costly sales incentives or so-called buydowns of mortgage rates. A recent Bloomberg Intelligence survey of investment professionals showed 70% expect starts of single-family homes to decline this year.<\/p>\n<p>The NAHB data is based on a median family income of about $107,000. Households earning half of that amount had to spend 67% of their earnings to cover the same new home\u2019s mortgage costs, the group said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92026 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. 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