Housing Afordability

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Housing Afordability

by Chaitanya_1986 » Sat Apr 16, 2011 10:47 pm
As the housing affordability gap widens, middle-income families are especially hard-hit, and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and rising rental rates force them to use far more than the standard 25 percent of their incomes for housing, leaving them with no equity or tax write-offs to offset the expenditures.
(A) and these families can no longer qualify to buy homes, and
(B) since these families can no longer afford to buy homes, furthermore
(C) for these families can no longer afford to buy homes, yet
(D) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes; however,
(E) and these families can no longer afford to buy homes, for

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by sudhir3127 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 12:25 am
I Think its C.
The only word that brings in the contrast is "Yet"..
As housing affordability widens..........middle income are hard hit......they cant buy homes.... (Yet)....they spend>25% of their income on housing.

Hope its clear .

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by Chaitanya_1986 » Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:47 am
Thanks Mate!!!! I got it....The OA is C