{"id":10251,"date":"2023-08-08T20:37:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/burrow\/its-now-much-harder-for-first-time-buyers-to-afford-a-home-here\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T20:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T20:37:40","slug":"its-now-much-harder-for-first-time-buyers-to-afford-a-home-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=10251","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Now Much Harder for First-Time Buyers To Afford a Home Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><figcaption>fizkes \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Home prices are heating up again in many markets. That fact is making new digs less affordable for many people, including millions of first-time homebuyers. In June, the average starter home nationwide sold for a record $243,000. Today\u2019s first-time homebuyers now need an average annual income of $64,500 to afford a typical U.S. \u201cstarter\u201d home, according to real estate company Redfin.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneytalksnews.com\/slideshows\/metros-where-starter-home-prices-are-less-affordable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>fizkes \/ Shutterstock.com Home prices are heating up again in many markets. That fact is making new digs less affordable for many people, including millions of first-time homebuyers. In June, the average starter home nationwide sold for a record $243,000. Today\u2019s first-time homebuyers now need an average annual income of $64,500 to afford a typical<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[32],"class_list":{"0":"post-10251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-burrow","8":"tag-featured"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It\u2019s Now Much Harder for First-Time Buyers To Afford a Home Here | iSafeSpend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"fizkes \/ Shutterstock.comHome prices are heating up again in many markets. 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