ORANGE COUNTY ALMANAC : 10 Years Ago Today . . .
. . . Lower mortgage interest rates and stable prices helped make Orange County homes more affordable, but the “affordability gap” remained.
The median Orange County home price of $137,052 required a monthly income of $3,597. But the county’s median income fell short of that by $590, statistics showed.
Source: Times archives
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