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Housing affordability for all Californians deteriorates as home prices set record highs and interest rates surge, C.A.R. reports


Affordability gap for Black and Hispanic/Latino households remains wide

LOS ANGELES, April 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Housing affordability deteriorated in 2022 for all California ethnic home-buying groups, as home prices soared to record highs last year, and interest rates jumped to levels not seen in more than a decade, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said today.

Twenty-one percent of all Californians earned the minimum income needed to purchase a home in 2022, down from 27 percent in 2021. At the same time, housing affordability for White/non-Hispanic households fell from 32 percent in 2021 to 26 percent in 2022. Twelve percent of Black and Hispanic/Latino households could afford the same median-priced home in 2022, down from 16 percent and 17 percent in 2021, respectively. The significant difference in housing affordability for Black and Hispanic/Latino households illustrates the homeownership gap and wealth disparity for communities of color, which could worsen as the economy slows and rates remain elevated in 2023.

Housing affordability was better for Asians but also declined from the prior year, with the index registering 31 percent of Asian homebuyers who could afford the median-priced home in 2022, down from 38 percent in 2021, according to C.A.R.'s Housing Affordability Index.

The housing affordability gap between Blacks and the overall population in California improved from 11.7 percentage points in 2021 to 9.8 percentage points in 2022, and the gap for Hispanics/Latinos improved from 10.5 percentage points in 2021 to 9.4 percentage points in 2022.

According to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the 2021 homeownership rate for all Californians was 55 percent, 63 percent for Whites, 60 percent for Asians, 44 percent for Hispanics/Latinos and 37 percent for Blacks.

With Black and Latino families having much less wealth than the national average, C.A.R. last year strongly advocated for funding the California Dream For All Shared Appreciation Loan assistance program, which provides a loan for 20 percent of the home purchase price, in the California 2022-2023 state budget. This program will help bridge down payment and closing cost hurdles that people of color often experience more acutely and allow many working Californians to get on the housing ladder and gain the benefits of homeownership.

Additionally, in an effort to address California's growing housing affordability crisis and racial homeownership divide, C.A.R. has partnered with nonprofit housing organizations to provide closing cost grants up to $10,000 for eligible first-time home buyers from an underserved community. In 2022, C.A.R. awarded $1 million in closing cost grants through its Housing Affordability Fund's Closing Cost  Assistance program.

C.A.R.'s Housing Affordability Index (HAI) measures the percentage of households that can afford to purchase a median-priced, single-family home in California. C.A.R. also reports affordability indices for regions and select counties within the state. The index is considered the most fundamental measure of housing well-being for home buyers in the state.

A minimum annual income of $186,800 was needed to qualify for the purchase of a $822,320 statewide median-priced, existing single-family home in 2022. The monthly payment, including taxes and insurance on a 30-year, fixed-rate loan, would be $4,670, assuming a 20 percent down payment and an effective composite interest rate of 5.47 percent. The 2022 California median income for Whites was $105,640, $120,040 for Asians, $76,310 for Hispanics/Latinos and $64,190 for Blacks ? an income gap of nearly one-third that of the overall population, which was $93,380.

Multimedia: Affordability by Ethnicity Slides

Key points from C.A.R.'s 2022 Housing Affordability by Ethnicity report include:

Leading the way...® in California real estate for more than 110 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States with more than 200,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.

 

CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®
2022 Traditional Housing Affordability Index by Ethnicity*


2022


C.A.R. Traditional Housing Affordability Index

STATE/

REGION/COUNTY

All

White,
Non
Hispanic

Asian

Hispanic/
Latino

Black

Median
Home
Price*

Monthly
Payment
Including
Taxes &
Insurance

Minimum
Qualifying
Income

CA single-family home

21

26

31

12

12

$822,320

$4,670

$186,800

CA Condo/Townhome

30

35

41

20

18

$644,000

$3,660

$146,400

United States

43

46

58

36

28

$392,800

$2,230

$89,200










San Francisco Bay Area









Alameda

18

19

24

10

7

$1,330,000

$7,550

$302,000

Contra Costa

25

30

32

14

11

$920,340

$5,230

$209,200

San Francisco

20

21

17

12

8

$1,800,000

$10,220

$408,800

San Mateo

18

14

21

10

10

$2,039,440

$11,580

$463,200

Santa Clara

21

18

27

9

7

$1,797,750

$10,210

$408,400

Solano

28

31

36

20

20

$600,000

$3,410

$136,400

Southern California









Los Angeles

17

25

22

10

9

$849,410

$4,820

$192,800

Orange

14

16

15

8

12

$1,235,000

$7,010

$280,400

Riverside

28

31

36

24

31

$615,000

$3,490

$139,600

San Bernardino

36

40

48

32

29

$475,000

$2,700

$108,000

San Diego

18

22

23

9

7

$911,000

$5,170

$206,800

Ventura

20

24

31

11

NA

$890,000

$5,050

$202,000

Central Valley









Fresno

39

48

47

30

31

$410,000

$2,330

$93,200

Kern

39

46

54

34

25

$375,000

$2,130

$85,200

Sacramento

32

35

38

26

21

$541,000

$3,070

$122,800

San Joaquin

35

41

42

30

25

$525,000

$2,980

$119,200

* Assumes 20 percent downpayment

 

SOURCE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.)


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