Five years ago, a median-income household could afford a typical U.S. home. Today, they're more than $17,000 short, even if they have $73,000 saved for a down payment, a new Zillow analysis found.

"The megabill includes numerous--with a Capital N!--MBA-supported tax changes. Make no mistake, with your help, our direct advocacy efforts with lawmakers and their staff ensured the preservation--and in several cases, the enhancement--of several key elements of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." -- MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, on the recently signed tax package