http://www.housingtracker.net/affordability
Home affordability measures for the city of <...> as determined by the percentage of income required to finance a single family home, the mortgage payment to rent ratio, the home price to income ratio and the home price to rent ratio are shown within. Current ratios are presented in the trend box below. Historical ratios are plotted further down.
Year-Quarter Percent Income Mortgage/Rent Price/Income Price/Rent
San Jose
2006-4 46 2.0 7.8 406
2001-1 36 1.3 5.6 241
1997-1 25 — 3.7 —
San Francisco
2006-4 47 1.9 8.0 393
1997-1 27 — 4.0 —
Seattle
2006-4 29 1.5 5.0 293
1997-1 20 — 2.9 —
New York
2006-4 50 1.6 8.4 323
1997-1 31 — 4.5 —
Portland, OR
2006-4 25 1.3 4.3 258
1997-1 21 — 3.1 —
Phoenix
2006-4 25 1.2 4.4 234
1997-1 14 — 2.1 —