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Here's How Much Money You Must Earn To Buy A Home In 25 Big US Cities
Business Insider ^ | 02/18/2014 | MEGAN WILLETT

Posted on 02/18/2014 4:38:42 PM PST by SeekAndFind

The cost of living in America varies wildly.

In Cleveland, people need a base salary of at least $19,435 a year to afford the average home, while San Franciscans must make upward of $115,000 annually.

HSH.com, an online mortgage and consumer loan information website, figured out how much a person would have to earn to afford a home in 25 of the country's largest metropolitan areas.

To do so, HSH looked at the National Association of Realtors’ fourth-quarter data for median home prices and HSH.com’s fourth-quarter average interest rate for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages to determine how much money homebuyers would need to earn in order to afford only the principal and interest payment on a median-priced home in their market. (They did not account for property taxes, insurance, and other expenses — read their methodology here.)

CLEVELAND: You'd have to earn at least $19,435 to buy an average home.

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Average home price: $112,800

Monthly mortgage payment: $453.49

Minimum annual salary: $19,435.17

Source: HSH.com. See their full methodology here

CINCINNATI: You'd have to earn at least $22,227 to buy an average home.

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Average home price: $128,700

Monthly mortgage payment: $518.63

Minimum annual salary: $22,226.95

Source: HSH.comSee their full methodology here

ST. LOUIS: You'd have to earn at least $22,398 to buy an average home.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: housing; income
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1 posted on 02/18/2014 4:38:42 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Anyone who goes by “the minimum salary required” to buy a home should NOT be buying that home.


2 posted on 02/18/2014 4:42:56 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Detroit- $19.95...but if you call within the next 10 minutes...


3 posted on 02/18/2014 4:44:33 PM PST by stylin19a (Obama ----> Fredo smart)
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To: SeekAndFind

Buy a house in Cleveland?I’d love to hear the reasoning behind that bad idea.


4 posted on 02/18/2014 4:44:37 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: stylin19a

In Detroit it’s buy one,get one free.


5 posted on 02/18/2014 4:46:35 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: SeekAndFind

here in limosine liberal and....

The average price for Marin Cuunty single-family, re-sale homes in January reached its second highest level ever. The record high is $1,511,190 and last month the average price was $1,483,851


6 posted on 02/18/2014 4:46:41 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("When you meet the unbelievers, strike at their necks..." -- Qur'an 47:4)
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To: workerbee

Amen


7 posted on 02/18/2014 4:49:01 PM PST by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

ATLANTA:
You’d have to earn at least $24,391 to buy an average home.
Average home price: $142,400
Monthly mortgage payment: $569.12

This is a joke, right?


8 posted on 02/18/2014 4:49:09 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

I LOVE your handle!

I see you agree that the 17th was the beginning of the end for the USA!


9 posted on 02/18/2014 4:54:32 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

RE: This is a joke, right?

You might want to check the home prices of Atlanta over the years here:

http://www.deptofnumbers.com/asking-prices/georgia/atlanta/


10 posted on 02/18/2014 4:57:57 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Repeal The 17th

Our median price is $700,000.00

Insanity !

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11 posted on 02/18/2014 5:02:35 PM PST by Mears
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To: Repeal The 17th

Without a $75,000 down payment or 1% interest, it’s not a joke, it’s Bull Muffins


12 posted on 02/18/2014 5:08:49 PM PST by digger48
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To: SeekAndFind

I suppose that must include all those 2 bedroom condos in those mostly vacant high rise buildings down there around Ivan Allen?
Oh, that’s right.
You don’t know about that, because you don’t know what you are talking about, do you?
Not that that will stop you from commenting...


13 posted on 02/18/2014 5:16:11 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Notice how they don’t specify the property Tax which in many cases can be as much as the mortgage payment.


14 posted on 02/18/2014 5:16:41 PM PST by Revel
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To: All; SeekAndFind; workerbee; stylin19a; Farmer Dean; MeshugeMikey; Osage Orange; Repeal The 17th; ..

Luckily, there are jobs here that pay that much and more:

http://www.indeed.com/jobs?l=75221&rq=1&fromage=last

http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=&l=76208


15 posted on 02/18/2014 5:18:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Revel

+ insurance . . .


16 posted on 02/18/2014 5:22:19 PM PST by pilipo (GOP=Gutless Old Party)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh, please.
Give me a break...

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17 posted on 02/18/2014 5:22:56 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Really? You pick the first ad instead of looking through a couple of pages? That’s the kind of laziness I expect from a leftist, not someone here.


18 posted on 02/18/2014 5:24:55 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Sarah Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You sent the link, home boy, and that’s what it said.


19 posted on 02/18/2014 5:27:22 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Repeal The 17th
That’s the kind of laziness I expect from a leftist, not someone here.

Laziness?? That was the most interesting job available. That's the one I'd be vying for.

20 posted on 02/18/2014 5:31:26 PM PST by BipolarBob
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