Home prices across the U.S. hit an all-time high

U.S. median existing-home price hit a record $440,660 in June (up 1.8% year-over-year) — prices have risen 36 months straight.
Affordability is strained: fewer than 4 in 10 non-homeowners can afford a typical $200,000 starter home, and buyers need roughly $117,000 a year to afford the average house.
A bipartisan housing bill to ease costs passed Congress but is stuck after the president delayed signing it, leaving its fate unclear.