For Most Affordable Homes, the Winner Is Kokomo, Ind.

Kokomo, Ind., was the most affordable housing market in the United States last year, the National Association of Home Builders said Thursday.

Its fourth-quarter Housing Opportunity Index showed that 92.3% of the homes for sale in Kokomo in late 1998 were within reach of a family earning the area's median income.

The median sales price of Kokomo homes was $87,000, and the median family income was $50,800.

The builders assessed affordability in 186 cities and regions across the country and found that the least affordable metropolitan area was San Francisco, where only 19.9% of families earning the median income of $68,600 could qualify for a mortgage loan to buy a home at the median price of $350,000.

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