Median list price of avg home increasesd in 70 pecent of US counties May 2023 to May 2024 w/ a median increase of 22K. Median price was 444k in May 2024 , 75k over avg median income ability to buy according to redfin data , I say way more over considering median income under 40k. On brite side , all numbers given are reported as improvements ( over previous yr I guess). 22K is an improvement yearly at around 5 percent , past 24 years avg is 6.67 percent on new median. So inflation went from 7 to 5. I know all of youve been getting 8 to 11 percent raises ea yr past 2 1/2 decades to stay almost even w/ inflation ( meaning in five yrs went from 60k to over 100K and same for anoter 20 yrs). Zillow suggesting 128k down payments to make typical more affordable, I say no way, still financing 316k at 7 percent on yer 40K salary ? Ridiculous