June 2025

Buyers need up to $250K more in income in some cities

Even as some factors causing current affordability challenges show signs of easing, a new study points to how high a barrier many aspiring buyers still have to get over to achieve homeownership.  To afford a typical U.S. home currently priced at $367,969, households earning today’s median salary would need an additional $17,670 in annual income

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Ex-HUD staffer pleads guilty to false claim over remote work

A HUD employee has pleaded guilty to making false claims about her remote work activity, costing the government over $200,000.  Crissy Monique Baker, 45, of Fairfax, Virginia, will be sentenced in September to a single charge of fraud that allegedly occurred while she was employed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development between 2021

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