Housing affordability in California was down by five percentage points in December from the level recorded a year earlier, according to the California Association of Realtors.Housing affordability stood at 23% in December, down from 28% a year earlier and 25% in October, CAR said. The index indicates the percentage of households that can afford to buy a median-priced home in California, which cost $404,520 in December. The minimum household income needed to buy a median-priced home was $94,730, up from $81,290 a year earlier, CAR said. (The figures are based on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at a 5.82% interest rate, assuming a 20% downpayment.) CAR can be found on the Web at http://www.car.org.
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