And the most affordable housing market in the U.S. or Canada is...
An aerial view of downtown Calgary. The city ranks has the most affordable housing market of any major metro area in the U.S. or Canada, according to Zoocasa.
Affordable housing might be the one reason Canadians still envy their southern neighbours these days , but it turns out there may be nothing to envy there, either.from real estate site Zoocasa, Calgary is the most affordable major housing market in the U.S. or Canada. The survey looked at the 30 largest metro areas in the U.S., and the five largest in Canada. It compared the median household income against the income you would need to buy a median-priced house.And as it turns out, residents of Calgary have the largest income"surplus" of any of those cities. A household with a median income in Calgary earns US$30,298 more than it needs to in order to afford a median home.
Calgary's house prices don't look particularly low when compared to other mid-sized Canadian cities, but the city has a very high median income, thanks to high-paying jobs mainly related to the oil industry.Meanwhile, in Vancouver, a median household earns US$74,285 less than it would need to afford a median house., this one suggests that the city is only number two on this list, with San Francisco taking the cake.
San Franciscans would need to earn US$140,003 more than they do today to afford a median house. Ouch.More from HuffPost Canada:
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