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Study: Hopeful homebuyers need income of nearly $117,000 to afford typical home in U.S.
(www.bankrate.com)
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also the average is going to lean cheap rural. cities are all going to be above this and major cities majorly more.
It would be nice to be able to review their methodology. Averages are often pointless metrics. They don't even hint at how they arrived at 'typical.'
Edit: My bad. They define typical as $418,489.