Source:	National Association of Realtors
Release:	Monthly Housing Affordability Index
Notes: Measures the degree to which a typical family can afford the monthly mortgage payments on a typical home. Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a mortgage on a median-priced home. An index above 100 signifies that family earning the median income has more than enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a median-priced home, assuming a 20 percent down payment.

Source:

National Association of Realtors

Release:

Monthly Housing Affordability Index

Notes:

Measures the degree to which a typical family can afford the monthly mortgage payments on a typical home.

Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a mortgage on a median-priced home. An index above 100 signifies that family earning the median income has more than enough income to qualify for a mortgage loan on a median-priced home, assuming a 20 percent down payment.

2012-02:	200.4
2012-01:	201.2
2011-12:	192.5
2011-11:	190.1

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