Research: Uneven Divide Crops Up in Hot Housing Hubs

The nation’s hottest housing hubs have clusters of affordable housing, but the demand for housing in the more expensive epicenters is widening the divide between them, according to recently released research by Zillow. The gap, says Zillow Chief Economist Dr. Svenja Gudell, is predominant on the West Coast.
“The Bay Area and other expensive West Coast markets get a lot of attention for being unaffordable, but even they have some areas where the share of income spent on hous