Parkview at Hillcrest. Parkview at Hillcrest. Photo: Google

Miami grabbed the runner-up spot on a national ranking of the most expensive cities for home buyers, right behind Los Angeles.

Miami beat New York and San Francisco to claim a leading spot on home listing website RealtyHop's monthly Housing Affordability Index.

The average Miami household would need to spend 86% of its total annual income, or $2,439 a month, on mortgage and property taxes to buy into the market.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.

Lidia Dinkova

Lidia Dinkova covers South Florida real estate for the Daily Business Review. Contact her at [email protected] or 305-347-6665. On Twitter @LidiaDinkova.