[quote=ibjames]
for a 325k house, what is the typical salary a person has to make to buy that house? 100K? So we are saying that in one of the more affordable areas of SD you have to have 100k combined to scrape into a house? With 70k down?[/quote]
I agree with you on the amount of income one should have in order to support a $255,000 mortgage (w/ 70k down as you suggest). However, I want to point out that banks and the government, even today, are willing to lend far more than that on a 100k income.
For example, I believe CalVets will lend a family with 100k income and no debt around $450,000 with 0 down.
