How can American house prices still be rising?
Mortgage payments are at their highest since the mid-1980s
Homeownership regularly nears the top of surveys about what Americans most want in life. Alas, this part of the American dream has rarely been harder to attain. Those looking to enter the property market face a triple whammy of high prices, costly mortgages and limited choice. Together these factors have conspired to make housing deeply unaffordable, with little sign of relief on the horizon.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “The property paradox”
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