Consider the monthly carrying cost of a median-priced home in, say, California.    From Wordnik.com.  [Web Sites Make It Easier To Track House PricesClick Here To See Your Home Depreciate] Reference

Let's take a look at what this would mean if you were buying say the median-priced home this year.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2009] Reference

In some areas? such as the San Francisco Bay area? households with a median income could not afford a median-priced home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of Life in the Housing Market] Reference

At the same time, the number of households that can afford a median-priced home dropped from 38 percent to only 12 percent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Thread for Thursday] Reference

C.A.R.'s monthly housing affordability index measures the percentage of households that can afford to purchase a median-priced home in California.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Housing Bubble is in its Final Blowoff Stage.] Reference

Real-estate values have surged to the point where about 75% of local residents couldn't afford a median-priced home now, the mayor, Mr. Engen, said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montana City Weighs Panhandler Ordinances] Reference

That's an added perk to the already low cost of housing -- in Indianapolis, 95% of residents can afford a median-priced home, more than anywhere else in the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [Most Affordable Cities To Buy A Home] Reference

What a median-priced condo looks like in San Francisco.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Big kitchens among buyers' must-haves] Reference

The tax, on November's ballot, would cost the owner of a median-priced home in Bend about.    From Wordnik.com.  [OPB News] Reference

Winning a City Council seat can cost about the same as buying a median-priced home in Seattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News] Reference

The gap between personal income and home prices has narrowed, but to be able to afford a median-priced home in.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

Here's where the average American family can afford to purchase a median-priced home without breaking the bank.    From Wordnik.com.  [Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com] Reference

The affordability index measurers the ability of a typical family to make payments on a median-priced resale home.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bellingham Herald: Sports News] Reference

That meant that a person making the median income in New Jersey could only afford 81 percent of the median-priced home.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

A reading of 100 means a family earning the median income can afford the median-priced home at the current mortgage rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

In the San Francisco Bay Area for example, in 2005 the median-priced home cost more than three times the national average.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Moral Leader] Reference

In fact, the median income was too low to buy a median-priced single-family house in any of the state's 39 cities and towns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Projo.com Projo Local News] Reference

As a result, income levels in some parts of Vermont are likewise baritone to acquire a median-priced bag with a customary loan.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Condos: The median-priced condo features 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,072 interior square feet, 1-car attached garage and a panoramic view.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News] Reference

These happenings will skew the algorithm which assumes a median income family may be able to purchase a median-priced home - with a 20\% down payment.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference

The "Paycheck to Paycheck" study, found that the annual income needed to buy a median-priced home fell in 194 of the 199 metropolitan areas studied nationally.    From Wordnik.com.  [chicagotribune.com -] Reference

But Yun supports his case by pointing to data from 2000, prior to the housing boom, when 11 million renters had the income necessary to buy a median-priced home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fore, right!] Reference

Affordability - % of Income The percentage of a median family's income required to make mortgage payments on a median-priced home Affordability as of August every year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference