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Your family and friends might suggest that buying a home right now (whether a first-time home or a move-up home) makes absolutely no sense from an affordability standpoint. \u003Cem>They are wrong!\u003C\u002Fem>","","blog","https:\u002F\u002Fsimplifyingmedia\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F14154807\u002F20171116-Share-STM.jpg","The current narrative is that home prices have risen so much so that it is no longer a smart idea to purchase a home. Your family and friends might suggest that buying a home right now (whether a first-time home or a move-up home) makes absolutely no sense from an affordability standpoint. \u003Cem>They are wrong!\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nHomes are more affordable right now than at almost any time in our country’s history except for the foreclosure years (2009-2015) when homes sold at major discounts. As an example, below is a graph from the \u003Cem>latest \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.bkfs.com\u002FData\u002FDataReports\u002FBKFS_MM_Sep2017_Report.pdf\">\u003Cem>Black Knight Mortgage Monitor\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fa> showing the percentage of median income needed to buy a medium-priced home in the country today in comparison to prior to the housing bubble and bust.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F20171116-STM-ENG1.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-36547\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F20171116-STM-ENG1.jpg\" alt=\"Your Friends Are Crazy Wrong if They're Telling You Not to Buy | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nAs we can see, the percentage necessary is \u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>less\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong> now than in those time periods.\r\n\r\nThe \u003Cem>Mortgage Monitor\u003C\u002Fem> also explains that home affordability is better today than it was in the late 1990s in 47 of 50 states.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F20171116-STM-ENG2.jpg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-36548\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F11\u002F20171116-STM-ENG2.jpg\" alt=\"Your Friends Are Crazy Wrong if They're Telling You Not to Buy | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\u003Ch3>\u003Cstrong>Bottom Line\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fh3>\r\nYour friends and family have your best interests at heart. 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