In larger U.S. cities, affording a home is tough even for people with higher income
CBSN
Even comparatively well-off Americans are struggling to afford a home in larger cities given the soaring housing prices in recent years.
According to new data from real estate investing platform Arrived, higher income earners — defined as those in the top 30% — can't comfortably afford to buy a home at any age in Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, New York, Sacramento, San Diego and Seattle. By contrast, In 2001 the top 30% of income earners could afford homes in some of these cities as early as age 24.
Even In less expensive real estate markets around the U.S., higher earners can't count on buying a home before they turn 40, Arrived found. In cities like Riverside and Portland in Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Austin, Texas; and Washington, D.C., it now takes higher earners at least 20 more years to afford a home today than it did in 2001.
