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- Homebuyers need to earn 80% more than they did pre-COVID to comfortably afford a house in the current market, Zillow found.
- Housing costs have soared, and wages haven't kept up, data in a new report showed.
- "The math has changed for hopeful buyers, who are more often partnering with friends and family or 'house hacking' their way to homeownership," a Zillow analyst wrote.
Home prices have soared, and household earnings haven't been able to keep pace.