Palm Beach County housing affordability slips

Source: Palm Beach Post

Homes in Palm Beach County became less affordable in the first quarter, according to the latest Housing Opportunity Index from the National Association of Home Builders.

Just 61.4 percent of homes sold in the quarter were affordable to a median-income family, down from 62.1 percent in the fourth quarter. The culprit? Not rising home prices but falling incomes.

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