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Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.Affordability slides down as markets heat up
December 17, 2012 @ 8:11 am
Affordability is slowly reversing a six-year trend of lows as prices inch up in many housing markets.
The National Association of Realtors' Composite Housing Affordability Index dropped 1.2 percent in October compared to a year earlier.
Prices in many markets are rising as a housing recovery takes shape. But also stifling housing affordability is an increase in guarantee fees charged to lenders by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Moneynews reports. Those fees recently reached a peak of 46 basis points, according to Capital Economics.
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