Detroit, Michigan Home Affordability
The data below measures home affordability for the Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan metropolitan area using price-to-income and price-to-rent metrics. The maximum affordable loan amount for the median household income is also calculated.
Detroit, Michigan Home Price-to-Income Index
The chart below shows a history of the ratio as an index calculated from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Detroit HPI series.1 Median household income data for Detroit is from the Census American Community Survey.2
Price-to-Income: FHFA
Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000
Detroit, Michigan Home Price-to-Income Index History
| Date | FHFA |
|---|---|
| June 2010 | 76.4 |
| March 2010 | 77.3 |
| December 2009 | 78.8 |
| September 2009 | 80.5 |
| June 2009 | 84.7 |
Detroit, Michigan Home Price-to-Rent Index
The chart below shows an index of the rent ratio calculated from the metro FHFA HPI series and the Detroit median contract rent data from the Census ACS.
Price-to-Rent: FHFA
Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000
Detroit, Michigan Home Price-to-Rent Index History
| Date | FHFA |
|---|---|
| June 2010 | 64.1 |
| March 2010 | 64.9 |
| December 2009 | 66.2 |
| September 2009 | 67.6 |
| June 2009 | 71.1 |
Detroit, Michigan Inferred Affordable Mortgage
The inferred affordable mortgage is determined by taking the median household income for Detroit, Michigan and calculating the mortgage 30% of that income could afford. Traditionally, 30% of income is the maximum amount a homeowner could use towards a home loan. Inferred affordable loan values are calculated from ACS median household income and average monthly mortgage rates.
Inferred Affordable Mortgage
| Date | Inferred Mortgage |
|---|---|
| July 2010 | $256,983 |
| June 2010 | $251,662 |
| May 2010 | $247,354 |
| April 2010 | $241,509 |
| March 2010 | $245,102 |
| February 2010 | $244,544 |
| January 2010 | $243,434 |
| December 2009 | $246,224 |
| November 2009 | $247,638 |
| October 2009 | $245,662 |
| September 2009 | $242,606 |
| August 2009 | $239,068 |
| July 2009 | $238,263 |