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While many of the nation's homeowners are worried about falling home prices, others would argue they're not falling fast enough.

You might find them in Santa Monica, Calif. There, it takes just over 17 years of total earned salary for the median-income household to afford the median-priced home. In Berkeley, Calif., it takes almost 15 years and for Passaic, N.J. households, it's a more reasonable 13 years.