A surge in mortgage rates and elevated home prices dampened California’s housing affordability in fourth-quarter 2022, C.A.R. reports

Feb. 9, 2023 (Staff Writer)- A rapid rise in mortgage interest rates depressed housing affordability in California during the fourth quarter of 2022 and pushed the statewide affordability index for an existing, single-family home to 17 percent, just above the 15-year low of 16 percent recorded in the second quarter of 2022, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION […]

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