1.   Buying a home could become more expensive, some economists say, even though housing prices and mortgage rates would fall.

2.   Housing prices in New York are out of reach for ordinary people.

3.   Exorbitant housing prices have created an acute shortage of affordable housing for the poor.

4.   Housing prices have surged in recent months.

5.   Local housing prices, thanks to the propinquity of an especially picturesque beach, are out of the reach of many would-be buyers.

6.   Amid a feverish real estate boom and rising housing prices, the number of people evicted from their homes has soared in San Francisco, according to city records.

7.   And Flamer thinks the new regulations could temporarily slow the rebound that has started in housing prices.

8.   And as doctors and lawyers and affluent retirees move in, housing prices have skyrocketed.

9.   Another factor is that sky-high housing prices force renters to remain in apartments.

10.   As a result, housing prices have soared.