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Goldsboro, North Carolina Home Affordability

The data below measures home affordability for the Goldsboro, North Carolina metropolitan area using price-to-income and price-to-rent metrics.1 The maximum affordable loan amount for the median household income is also calculated. You can also compare Goldsboro home affordability to other cities.

Goldsboro, North Carolina Home Price-to-Income Ratios

The second chart shows a history of the ratio as an index calculated from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Goldsboro HPI series. Median household income data for Goldsboro is from the Census American Community Survey.

Price-to-Income Index Ratio: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Goldsboro, North Carolina Home Price-to-Income Ratio History

Date FHFA (Index Ratio)
September 2011 111.7
June 2011 106.5
March 2011 110.0
December 2010 113.5
September 2010 111.8
June 2010 112.0
March 2010 113.5
December 2009 115.0
September 2009 114.2

Goldsboro, North Carolina Home Price-to-Rent Ratios

The chart below shows an index of the rent ratio calculated from the metro FHFA HPI series and the Goldsboro median contract rent data from the Census ACS.

Price-to-Rent Index Ratio: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Goldsboro, North Carolina Home Price-to-Rent Ratio History

Date FHFA (Index Ratio)
September 2011 97.8
June 2011 93.2
March 2011 96.3
December 2010 99.4
September 2010 97.9
June 2010 98.0
March 2010 99.3
December 2009 99.5
September 2009 98.8

Goldsboro, North Carolina Inferred Affordable Mortgage

The inferred affordable mortgage value is determined by taking the median household income for Goldsboro, North Carolina 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

Goldsboro, North Carolina Inferred Affordable Mortgage History

Date Inferred Mortgage
November 2011 $213,840
October 2011 $211,788
September 2011 $210,773
August 2011 $206,783
July 2011 $200,069
June 2011 $201,008
May 2011 $197,980
April 2011 $193,455
March 2011 $193,455
February 2011 $191,032
January 2011 $195,246
December 2010 $196,378
November 2010 $206,048

1. Specifically, home prices are from the non seasonally adjusted FHFA all-transactions quarterly series. Dollar ratios are calculated using NAR metro prices when available. Rent and income data are from the Census ACS and are carried forward into the following year prior to release of the new data.