---
title: "Affordability forecast for MSA"
method: GET
path: "/v2/msa/affordability_ts_forecast"
tags: ["Metropolitan Statistical Area Level"]
---

# Affordability forecast for MSA

`GET /v2/msa/affordability_ts_forecast`

Access forecasts of monthly affordability values for MSAs with coverage three years into the future, enabling informed decisions about property investments and market trends. Higher values imply lower affordability. 

Source: HouseCanary 

Pricing Tier: Basic 

Updated: Monthly

## Request Query Params

<table><tr><th>Property</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th><th>Enum Values</th></tr>
<tr><td>msa</td><td>string</td><td>5-digit US-census msa ID</td><td>38060</td>
        <td></td></tr>
<tr><td>order</td><td>string</td><td>Chronological order to sort result items. One of [asc or desc]. Defaults to asc.</td><td>asc</td>
        <td>[asc, desc]</td></tr>
<tr><td>limit</td><td>integer</td><td>Maximum integer number of result items to return. Defaults to null.</td><td>10</td>
        <td></td></tr>
<tr><td>start</td><td>string</td><td>Beginning date limit for result items, based on month, in ISO 8601 format, i.e. 2015-01-01. Defaults to null.</td><td>2015-01-01</td>
        <td></td></tr>
<tr><td>end</td><td>string</td><td>Ending date limit for result items, based on month, in ISO 8601 format, i.e. 2015-01-01. Defaults to null.</td><td>2015-01-01</td>
        <td></td></tr>
</table>

## Response

<table><tr><th>Field</th><th>Type</th><th>Description</th><th>Example</th></tr>
<tr><td>time_series</td><td>array</td><td>Set of forecast affordability values</td><td></td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[]</td><td>object</td><td></td><td></td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].month</td><td>string</td><td>Month of the affordability value</td><td>2023-08-01</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].afford_pmt</td><td>number</td><td>Fraction of median household income required to make the median home payment on a 30 year fixed rate mortgage with 20% down</td><td>0.265</td>
        </tr>
<tr><td>time_series[].afford_detrended</td><td>number</td><td>The normalized distance of afford_pmt from a long term linear trend. Units are in standard deviations from the mean.</td><td>-0.12</td>
        </tr>
</table>

## Query parameters

- `msa` string
- `order` 'asc' | 'desc', nullable
- `limit` integer, nullable
- `start` string, nullable
- `end` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Success

- object[]
  - `msa/affordability_ts_forecast` object
    - `api_code_description` string
    - `api_code` unknown
    - `result` object, nullable
      - `time_series` object[] — Set of forecast affordability values
        - `month` string, date — Month of the affordability value
        - `afford_pmt` number — Fraction of median household income required to make the median home payment on a 30 year fixed rate mortgage with 20% down
        - `afford_detrended` number, nullable — The normalized distance of afford_pmt from a long term linear trend. Units are in standard deviations from the mean.
  - `msa_info` MsaInfo
    - `msa` string — 5-digit US-census msa ID
    - `msa_name` string — Name of the msa

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded

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