Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability

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First-time buyers found a small measure of relief when looking to purchase a typical home during the first quarter of 2023 with the quarterly declines in both prices and mortgage rates.

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The next quarterly Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability and Housing Affordability Index release will be Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

NAR’s quarterly Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability report provides a breakdown of condo and co-op prices by metro market.

Metro Area Construction and Employment

NAR measured the amount of new home construction relative to the number of newly employed workers in 146 metropolitan statistical areas¹ (MSAs) throughout the U.S. to determine whether homebuilding has kept up with the steadily improving pace of job growth in the past three years². The findings reveal that homebuilding activity for all housing types is underperforming in roughly two-thirds of measured metro areas.

Metro Area Construction and Employment table for printing (PDF: 102 KB)

¹ Areas are generally metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. NAR adheres to the OMB definitions, although in some areas an exact match is not possible from the available data.

² NAR’s study analyzed homebuilding permits and employment data during the years of 2012 through 2014.

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