More residents are finding it harder to pay their mortgages, with high taxes compounding the affordability issue.

"The decision requires towns to now consider the affordability issue, and that's new law in New York," he said.

"We thought it was purely an affordability issue, but they said they wanted to be on the outer edges."

"For these buyers it is not an affordability issue, but a matter of confidence, which is returning," he said.

And again we'll address the affordability issue by bringing down costs for people who have insurance.

In Congress, developers have used the affordability issue to seek relief from restrictions on construction.

A. Certainly the affordability issue is one.

The financial standards that new renters must meet reflect the developers' sensitivity to the affordability issue.

The code is still being shaped as the commission "comes to a conclusion that balances safety issues with affordability issues," he said.

All last year, auto executives wrung their hands over the affordability issue.