{"id":951,"date":"2026-05-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/?p=951"},"modified":"2026-05-21T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T11:00:00","slug":"housing-affordability-in-california-reaches-a-four-year-high-in-first-quarter-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/housing-affordability-in-california-reaches-a-four-year-high-in-first-quarter-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing affordability in California reaches a four-year high in first-quarter 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Housing affordability in California improved in early 2026, with 22% of households able to afford a median-priced single-family home at $843,390, up from 21% in late 2025. A minimum income of $204,800 was needed for mortgage payments at a 6.24% interest rate. Condo affordability also rose to 32%, with a median price of $648,000 requiring $157,200 income. Home prices declined slightly, and mortgage rates remained volatile due to geopolitical tensions. Affordability gains varied by county but overall remain low statewide.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/housing-affordability-in-california-reaches-a-four-year-high-in-first-quarter-2026-car-reports-302765408.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing affordability in California improved in early 2026, with 22% of households able to afford a median-priced single-family home at $843,390, up from 21% in late 2025. A minimum income of $204,800 was needed for mortgage payments at a 6.24% interest rate. Condo affordability also rose to 32%, with a median price of $648,000 requiring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":953,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions\/953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markmallorca.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}