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Median price for new single family homes fell to $387,400 in April, dropping 6.2% y/y to its lowest level since July 2021. Rents have been rolling over for years too.

Buyers finally get a breather as the everything bubble in housing starts to leak air. Meanwhile, the home price-to-income ratio is still very, very high. pic.twitter.com/kafzqXrATR — 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙠 (@sortovak) May 6, 2026 The Fed/BLS have a CPI Shelter measurement problem. Rents have been rolling over for years too. pic.twitter.com/81bbHx7RsX — remi (@remi427707) May 6, 2026 …

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Another month, another record-high home price: March hits $408,800—the 33rd straight increase. 17 states now require $100K+ income just to afford the median home

Home prices just did it again. For the 33rd consecutive month, the median price of an existing home climbed—this time to $408,800 in March, a record high for the month, according to the National Association of Realtors’ existing home-sales report. Politicians from President Donald Trump to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani have campaigned on …

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Housing Bubble Part Deux! Home Price To Median Household Income Now Higher Than During Catestrophic Home Price Bubble Of 2005-2009 (Job Losses Primarily Women)

by confoundedinterest17 Yikes! The ratio of US Home Prices to US Median Household Income is now higher than the ratio during the catestrophic housing bubble during the latter half of the 2000s. Here is a chart of home prices and median household incone, The labor market is truly screwed-up. The December jobs report reveals that …

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State Of The Housing Market! Lowest Turnover In Decades, New Construction Premium Vanishes, Median Age Of First-Time Homebuyers Is 40

by confoundedinterest17 Home prices exploded under Biden and Covid Federal spending. Making housing unaffordable for millions. Now the turnover rates for homes is at its lowesst rate in decades. Existing homes are now more expensive than new homes. Florida housing is getting gut-punched from Naples to Punta Gorda. Yikes! Median age of first time homebuyers …

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Apartment rent prices nationally are down 1.3% compared to one year ago; median monthly rent now stands at $1,356, down $18

The national median rent fell 0.8% in December, and now stands at $1,356. This closes the book on 2025, with five consecutive months of rent declines. Based on recent years, we expect another 1-2 months of rent drops before the market turns a corner in early Spring. Rent prices nationally are down 1.3% compared to …

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The national median monthly rent for apartments fell for the fourth month in a row.

🚨 BREAKING: The national median monthly rent for apartments fell for the fourth month in a row. Who would have thought that mass deportations would make housing cheaper.pic.twitter.com/19QIe4gx2A — CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) December 3, 2025 A slew of new supply is still making its way through the multifamily housing market. That, coupled with weakening demand, …

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Since The Federal Government Spending Spree Associated With Covid Ended, Median Household Income Has Declined, But So Have Home Prices

by confoundedinterest17 Roll out the barrel! As in Fed money printing. How can the current housing disaster be fixed? One answer is to build more homes (made difficult by local government zoning and building policies). Another is increase household income. But Fed money printing is the easiest way to increase home prices. Since the Federal government …

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Student loans are a problem. But the overwhelming problem is mortgage debt; The median age for a first-time homebuyer rose from 31 in 2015 to 40 in 2025.

Student loans (yellow) are a problem (getting worthless degrees). But the overwhelming problem is mortgage debt (green) byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts “Now you can't afford a 50-year mortgage so you're taking out a 100-year mortgage to pay $500 less a month but pay $3 million more in interest to the Bank?" byu/TonyLiberty inFluentInFinance “Now you can’t afford …

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The great housing freeze: just 28 of every 1,000 homes sold this year, the lowest turnover in 30 years. The national median days on market for listings rose to 63 days in October

The US housing market is frozen: Only 28 out of every 1,000 homes, or 2.8%, changed hands in the first 9 months of 2025, the least in at least 30 years. The turnover rate has declined -38% since the 2021 peak, when 44 out of every 1,000 homes were sold. By comparison, the rate stood …

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When the median home price is 8x the median wage, it doesnt matter what the interest rate is, the home price is unaffordable.

Soon they will start approving 40-50yr mortgages to pretend its affordable because “the monthly payment is only 60% of your income, totally affordable!” I’ve been saying this for years. It’s the high prices not the rate. It’s time for the housing market to come to terms with this. pic.twitter.com/QlTT7uBDVR — QE Infinity (@StealthQE4) October 27, …

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U.S. Housing Market has reached its most unaffordable level in history. If home prices grew at the same rate as median income, the average house in 2025 would cost $416,000.

Key Takeaways America’s median home price-to-income ratio has risen from 3.5 in 1985 to 5.0 in 2025. In 2025, the median price for an American home is $416,900, up from $82,800 in 1985. 30-year fixed mortgage rates have reduced from 12.4% to 6.8% between 1985 and 2025. Buying a home in America isn’t for the faint-hearted, …

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Six figure salary or stay renting: Americans now need $114,000 a year to buy the median home, up 70% in just six years

“A homebuyer must earn $114,627 to afford the median-priced U.S. home, up 15% from a year ago and more than 50% since the start of the pandemic… That’s the highest annual income necessary to afford a home on record” https://investors.redfin.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/987/redfin-reports-that-homebuyers-must-earn-115000-to-afford “Buyers now need to earn 70% more than they did six years ago to buy …

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Only 18% of single Americans make 100k or more, it now takes an income of 124k to buy the median priced home in America. Zillow CEO sounds alarm

It now takes an income of 124k to buy the median priced home in America. Only 18% of single Americans make 100k. 62% of homebuyers are married. Lower rates won’t fix family formation. See the problem? pic.twitter.com/4DO0rEKUTh — Cherrygarciafan. USD🏴‍☠️ (@cherrygarciafan) August 10, 2025 The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home …

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Bay Area now calls $111,700 salary “low-income.” Housing aid extended to six-figure earners. Median home price hits $1.5M.

California just redefined “low income” and it no longer means what people think it does. A single person earning $111,700 in Santa Clara County now qualifies. In San Francisco, Marin, and San Mateo counties, the line is set at $109,700. These are the official income limits for 2025, released by the Department of Housing and …

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Home prices demand $112,000 income to qualify for mortgage, median American household earns just $84,000 yearly

The fundamental problem in the housing market today. American households need to earn $112,000 in order to afford a house. However, the Median Household income is only $84,000. Meaning that a huge portion of the U.S. population is unable to even qualify for a mortgage. Note that from 2010 to 2020, the opposite was true. …

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Median annual salary for elementary teachers

Median annual salary for elementary teachers byu/BadElegant5539 inInfographics Washington had the highest median salary for elementary teachers ($99,000), while Oklahoma had the lowest ($47,470). After adjusting for cost of living, Washington still topped the list with an adjusted median salary of $91,000. Arizona had the lowest at $50,000. Preschool teachers earned a median salary of …

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Homebuyer median age hits 56 today, younger buyers priced out

The median age of homebuyers has climbed to 56, marking a dramatic shift in the housing market. This is the highest recorded age for buyers, reflecting the impact of soaring home prices, high mortgage rates, and tightening inventory. Younger generations are being priced out, leaving older, wealthier buyers as the dominant force in real estate. …

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70% of US households priced out of $460K median home and over 50 million can’t afford even $200K homes

Housing affordability has rarely been worse: 94 million American households cannot afford a $400,000 home, according to a National Association of Home Builders analysis. By comparison, the estimated median price of a new house is ~$460,000. To put this differently, 70% of US households cannot afford a typical-priced home. Concerningly, ~53 million households cannot even …

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Monthly mortgage payment needed to buy the median priced home for sale in the US increased 89% over the last 5 years

This chart shows the median U.S. homebuyer housing payment on a median-priced home from January 2020 to April 2025, according to Redfin data. It starts at $1,484 in early 2020. It dips slightly to $1,688 by late 2020. Then it rises steadily, hitting $2,404 by mid-2022. It peaks at $2,555 in early 2023, then fluctuates, …

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Bernanke, Yellen, and BlackRock Jay set to repeat housing bubble disaster

Skyrocketing rates make homeownership impossible for most Americans, with $124,150 needed to afford the median home—far above the $79,223 median household income. As of January, "qualified income" needed to afford median home in U.S. was $124,150, but U.S. median household income was $79,223 … makes for a $44,927 affordability gap per ⁦@AtlantaFed⁩ data⁦@DataArbor⁩ pic.twitter.com/hLA3s23L1o — …

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LOWER PRICES! NAR – existing-home sales (4.06 million) fell to the lowest level in nearly 30 years, while the median price reached a record high of $407,500 in 2024

Existing-home sales rose 2.2% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.24 million, the strongest pace since February 2024 (4.38 million). Sales grew 9.3% from one year ago, the largest year-over-year gain since June 2021 (+23.0%). The median existing-home sales price progressed 6.0% from December 2023 to $404,400, the 18th consecutive month of …

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The cost to buy is surging far beyond renting. Income needed to buy a house now dwarfs median U.S. income, making the subprime bubble seem minor by comparison.

https://imgur.com/cost-to-buy-significantly-outpacing-cost-to-rent-now-posted-response-to-rental-price-increases-VMXMPkM Income needed to buy a house vs. median income in the US. Subprime bubble looks almost cute in this chart. Ht @nickgerli1 pic.twitter.com/zPfUf2uaDc — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) December 13, 2024 All one needs to know about successful investing in one sophisticated chart 👇 pic.twitter.com/mspgDVgXtJ — Michael A. Arouet (@MichaelAArouet) May 8, 2021 Over …

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October new home sales fell -17.3%; Median new home price increased +4.74% YoY to $437,300

New Home Sales Sales of new single-family houses in October 2024 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 610,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 17.3 percent (±12.8 percent) below the revised September rate of 738,000 and is 9.4 …

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