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Learn the least affordable housing markets in the world. Investor’s Business Daily report, week of 2/6/17. “The survey used Q3 2016 data to gauge the ’median multiple’, the ratio of median home price to median pretax income.” Source: 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey Ratio of median home price to median pretax income, with 3.0 or below being “affordable.” Ratio of median home price to median pretax income, with 3.0 or below being “affordable.” For example, if median pretax income is $100,000, you can afford a $300,000 home pretty easily so it’s deemed “affordable”. The 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey covers 406 metropolitan housing markets (metropolitan areas) in nine countries (Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States) for the third quarter of 2016. A total of 92 major metropolitan markets (housing markets) --- with more than 1,000,000 population --- are included, including fi