Historic Lack of Inventory Pushes Housing Market Affordability to Worst Level in 31 Years

During the third quarter, demand for homeownership remained high throughout the country. As a result, soaring prices and higher mortgage rates slammed housing affordability during Q3-2021, pushing RBC’s aggregate measure — the ratio of ownership costs to household income — up 2.0 percentage points to 47.5% — its worst level in 31 years, according to […]