Oct 17. 2017. The biggest cut from your pay check. US annual cost of housing, 2016. US households spend one-third of their paycheck on housing, and the biggest expenses are mortgage, utilities, interest & property tax–in that order. On an average, a US household spends $1574 on housing every month. This includes everything one needs to… Read More »
Oct 16, 2017. How do your expenses add up? US annual household expenses for key items, 2016. Out of the annual expenditure of $57,311, housing makes up almost a third of household expenses followed by transportation (16%) and food (13%). After paying taxes, US households spend almost all of their annual income of $57,319 mainly in… Read More »
The rising star that’s still affordable. Austin metro growth rates by select industries, 2012-2015. This data for select industries in Austin metro region–spanning Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties–shows impressive growth in some of the high paying industries. With houses still much more affordable compared to other fast growing metros (of Seattle, Denver & Portland as… Read More »
See today’s Chart of the day here. Value of $100k invested in Jan 2010 in cash, housing, and S&P Index at the end of Jun 2017 (see more details of this chart at Chart of day, Aug 14, 2017) In Dec 2013, we made an offer of $345k on a house in Washington County, Portland Oregon.… Read More »