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Grand Forks, North Dakota Home Affordability

The data below measures home affordability for the Grand Forks, North Dakota 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 Grand Forks home affordability to other cities.

Grand Forks, North Dakota 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 Grand Forks HPI series. Median household income data for Grand Forks is from the Census American Community Survey.

Price-to-Income Index Ratio: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Grand Forks, North Dakota Home Price-to-Income Ratio History

Date FHFA (Index Ratio)
December 2013 149.6
September 2013 144.6
June 2013 138.5
March 2013 137.3
December 2012 134.1
September 2012 134.3
June 2012 131.6
March 2012 128.8

Grand Forks, North Dakota Home Price-to-Rent Ratios

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

Price-to-Rent Index Ratio: FHFA

Note: Index set to 100 in Q1 of 2000

Grand Forks, North Dakota Home Price-to-Rent Ratio History

Date FHFA (Index Ratio)
December 2013 122.3
September 2013 118.2
June 2013 113.2
March 2013 112.3
December 2012 109.7
September 2012 109.8
June 2012 107.6
March 2012 105.3

Grand Forks, North Dakota Inferred Affordable Mortgage

The inferred affordable mortgage value is determined by taking the median household income for Grand Forks, North Dakota 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

Grand Forks, North Dakota Inferred Affordable Mortgage History

Date Inferred Mortgage
February 2014 $220,501
January 2014 $217,139
December 2013 $216,374
November 2013 $221,551
October 2013 $223,408
September 2013 $215,613
August 2013 $216,374
July 2013 $218,681
June 2013 $226,644
May 2013 $241,800
April 2013 $244,522
March 2013 $240,903
February 2013 $242,100

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.