For the second month in a row, just 23% of the county's familieswere able to afford a median-priced, single-family home in August,according to the survey by the California Association ofRealtors.
The county's housing affordability is down 29% from a year ago.The median price of a resold single-family home was $276,000 inAugust, 7% higher than the $238,000 reported in August 1999.
In Orange County, 26% of families could afford a median-pricedhome. The figure for Los Angeles County is 33%.San Francisco andContra Costa counties are the least affordable in the entire stateat 12%.
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