Salary required to buy a house in Houston jumps 5 percent

A Houstonian must earn a salary of $53,684 per year to afford a median-priced house in the Bayou City, a new report shows. That’s 5 percent more than at the end of last year, says mortgage information firm HSH.com, which reports on housing affordability and incomes in 27 metro areas each quarter. The required salary is based a median-priced