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Wyoming Home Affordability
The data below quantifies Wyoming home affordability by using home prices and home price indices to calculate price-to-income and price-to-rent ratios.1 The maximum affordable loan amount for the median household income is also calculated. You can also compare Wyoming home affordability to other states.
Wyoming Home Price-to-Income Ratios
The home price-to-income ratio for Wyoming comes from the Federal Housing Finance Agency's relatively new state median price series and their purchase only index combined with Wyoming annual median household income data. The FHFA home price series yields a dollar ratio (top chart) while the index results in an index ratio (bottom chart). Based on the latest FHFA state home prices in June 2010, the price-to-income ratio for Wyoming was 3.50.
Home Price-to-Income Dollar Ratio: FHFA
Home Price-to-Income Index Ratio: FHFA
Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000
Wyoming Home Price-to-Income Ratio History
| Date | FHFA (Dollar Ratio) |
FHFA (Index Ratio) |
|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | — | — |
| September 2013 | — | — |
| June 2013 | — | — |
| March 2013 | — | — |
| December 2012 | — | — |
| September 2012 | — | — |
| June 2012 | — | — |
| March 2012 | — | — |
| December 2011 | — | — |
| September 2011 | — | — |
Wyoming Home Price-to-Rent Ratios
The price-to-rent ratio for Wyoming is determined for both the FHFA median price and the purchase only index by calculating a ratio with the median contract rent. The price-to-adjusted rent value takes into account CPS reported household size to attempt to correct for quality differences in renter and owner occupied homes. More on that process here. Again, the median price ratio is a dollar ratio and the HPI ratio is an index ratio defined to be 100 in Q1 2000. The adjusted price-to-rent ratio for Wyoming was 25.40 in June 2010.
Home Price-to-Rent Dollar Ratio: FHFA, FHFA Adjusted Rent
Home Price-to-Rent Index Ratio: FHFA
Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000
Wyoming Home Price-to-Rent Ratio History
| Date | FHFA (Dollar Ratio) |
FHFA Adjusted (Dollar Ratio) |
FHFA (Index Ratio) |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | — | — | 111.3 |
| September 2013 | — | — | 109.6 |
| June 2013 | — | — | 107.7 |
| March 2013 | — | — | 105.6 |
| December 2012 | — | — | 107.8 |
| September 2012 | — | — | 106.8 |
| June 2012 | — | — | 104.9 |
| March 2012 | — | — | 103.2 |
| December 2011 | — | — | 101.0 |
Wyoming Inferred Affordable Mortgage
The inferred affordable mortgage is determined by taking the median household income for Wyoming 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 median household income and average monthly mortgage rates. The amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Inferred Affordable Mortgage
Wyoming Inferred Affordable Mortgage History
| Date | Inferred Mortgage |
|---|---|
| December 2010 | $252,094 |
| November 2010 | $264,508 |
| October 2010 | $266,718 |
| September 2010 | $262,945 |
| August 2010 | $260,474 |
| July 2010 | $256,532 |
| June 2010 | $251,221 |
| May 2010 | $246,920 |
| April 2010 | $241,085 |
| March 2010 | $244,672 |
| February 2010 | $244,115 |
| January 2010 | $243,007 |
| December 2009 | $246,314 |
1. Specifically, Home prices are from the FHFA seasonally adjusted, purchase only quarterly series. Rent data is from the Census ACS and income is from the Census CPS. Rent and income data for the previous year is carried into the following year for calculations prior to release of new data. ↩
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