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More homes may be hitting the market lately, but they\u2019re not the right type of homes, the nation\u2019s largest group of real estate agents says.<\/p>\n
America\u2019s housing market is currently suffering from a major \u201cmismatch.\u201d Homes are for sale, yes, but they\u2019re not homes that most home shoppers can afford, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). <\/p>\n
The problem is affecting entry-level and middle-income buyers most, NAR said. <\/p>\n
Middle-income households can now afford just 23% of current home listings.<\/p>\n
Housing market mismatch puts homes out of reach for many<\/p>\n
Americans can afford about a quarter fewer home listings than they could in a balanced market, a new report from NAR and Realtor.com shows. The report uses a \u201clisting-income alignment score\u201d to determine how well home listings in a given market match incomes in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The numbers weren\u2019t great, at least for your average home shopper.<\/p>\n
Nationally, the alignment score came in just below 75%. This indicates current listings are more \u201cskewed\u201d toward higher-income buyers, according to the NAR.<\/p>\n
\u201cToo much of the inventory available today remains concentrated at higher price points, leaving a shortage of options for entry-level and middle-income buyers,\u201d said Nadia Evangelou, principal economist at the NAR. \u201cThis is preventing home sales from reaching pre-pandemic levels.\u201d<\/p>\n
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According to the analysis, middle-income households \u2014 those who take in about $75,000 per year \u2014 can afford less than a quarter of today\u2019s listings. The housing market would need about 311,000 more homes listed under $261,000 to become \u201cbalanced\u201d for middle-income earners.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe data makes clear that more inventory alone won\u2019t be enough to unlock the housing market,\u201d said Danielle Hale, chief economist at Realtor.com. \u201cA true recovery requires homes at the right price points. Until the supply of entry-level and middle-market homes grows to meet demand, many buyers will continue to find the market out of reach despite headline improvements in affordability and inventory.\u201d<\/p>\n
The housing market is suffering from a major mismatch, making it hard for average Americans to afford homes.<\/p>\n
Photo by The Good Brigade on Getty Images<\/p>\n
Midwest homebuyers see the most balanced housing markets<\/p>\n
While the national numbers weren\u2019t ideal, some more localized housing markets didn\u2019t fare too badly. The Midwest actually has quite a few markets that even tipped into \u201cbalanced\u201d territory, according to the report.<\/p>\n
Toledo, Ohio, for example, came in with a score of 107%. Other balanced markets in the area included St. Louis, Akron, Ohio, Pittsburgh, and Detroit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some Southern markets didn\u2019t quite fall into balance, but they did see marked improvement over year-ago numbers, NAR’s data shows. Lakeland, Florida, saw its alignment score jump over 18 points, while McAllen, Texas, and Las Vegas jumped 14%.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Unsurprisingly, California had some of the most constrained housing markets in the nation. Los Angeles, San Diego, and Oxnard top the top three spots, followed by Providence, Rhode Island, and Boise City, Idaho.<\/p>\n
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