article_snippet: The West Coast hub of America’s booming tech industry was named the most unaffordable metropolitan area in the US by HSH.com, a mortgage tracking site, which estimated how much money a person must earn annually to afford the principal, interest, taxes and insurance payments in 27 metro areas across America.
article_snippet: Golden city: A home buyer
article_snippet: The Big Apple, which has the highest mortgage rate in the nation at $4.22 per cent, was the fourth most unaffordable metro area on HSH's list, requiring homebuyers to earn $87,535 to meet the expense of a house with the median price of $393,000.
article_snippet: San Diego, California, retained its title as the second-most-expensive metro in the country thanks to a $95,432 salary requirement.
article_snippet: Big Apple: New York City, which has the highest mortgage rate at $4.22 per cent, was the fourth most unaffordable metro requiring homebuyers to earn $87,535 .
article_snippet: Runner up: San Diego, California, retained its title as the second-most-expensive metro in the country the country thanks to a $95,432 salary requirement .
article_snippet: San Francisco, the home of the world's leading tech companies like Google and Apple, which has become notorious in recent years for stratospheric real estate prices, was once again crowned the king of unaffordable housing.
article_snippet: The home-price gap between the San Francisco metro and Pittsburgh amounted to a whopping $607,000.
highlights_snippet: New York City, which has the highest mortgage rate at $4.22 per cent, was the fourth most unaffordable metro requiring homebuyers to earn $87,535 .
  