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In 2019, the median home in 94% of counties was affordable to a median-income family. Today, that # has shrunk to 63%. How did we get here? It goes beyond price... 🧵(1/N)

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The gap between what buyers make and what they can afford is near a 10-year high, as experts say the housing market is inaccessible to many. @NBCNews @certainforest nbcnews.com/data-graphics/…

@GivingTools @JoeMurph Hi David, "affordable" is (conservatively) defined as a situation where a household's monthly payments are <= 30% of its pre-tax monthly income.

@certainforest @JoeMurph How is 'affordable' defined here?

In 2019, the median home in 94% of counties was affordable to a median-income family. Today, that # has shrunk to 63%. How did we get here? It goes beyond price... 🧵(1/N)

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@certainforest @TomNamako @bcheungz @mr_bellis @mikecaliacnbc @Redfin @DomPurviance @AtlantaFed @philadelphiafed @YelenaMaleyev @dietz_econ @Gary_Brode This is so cool, Jasmine! Congratulations on publishing. Great work!

Buying a home is getting more difficult — and it isn’t just because of price nbcnews.com/data-graphics/…

Home prices, interest rates, availability and more factor into the new NBC News Home Buyer Index, which gauges how difficult it is to buy a home where you live. @bcheungz reports on the effort to better capture housing market shifts at the local level. nbcnews.to/45bBFO9

TONIGHT: @bcheungz with our new tool to help you navigate the many challenges of buying a home right now.

coming up on NBC Nightly News: we unveil our Home Buying Index, measuring factors like affordability and scarcity. built by the genius team of @joemurph @certainforest @seenigel @carman_copy @jiachuanwu nbcnews.com/data-graphics/…

@TomNamako, @bcheungz, @mr_bellis, @mikecaliacnbc, and so many at NBC helped shepherd this 6+ month undertaking. Enormous thanks also to @Redfin, @DomPurviance, @AtlantaFed, @philadelphiafed, @YelenaMaleyev, @dietz_econ, @Gary_Brode, etc. Takes a village 💛

Use it to see what conditions are like across the country AND within your county. It'll update monthly so you get a timely picture of where things are heading. Today's market is one head fake after the next. We hope this makes things a little easier. 🏠💫 (9/N)