▲ 66 ▼ The 'old American Dream died,' Realtor details salary needed to buy a home, afford a middle class life in 2024 (finance.yahoo.com) submitted 2 years ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/personalfinance@lemmy.ml 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/10623652 TL;DR: Americans now need to make $120K a year to afford a typical middle-class life and qualify to purchase a home. Minimum.