How much salary do you need to earn in order to afford the principal and interest payments on a median price home in your metro area?

To find out, HSH.com took the National Association of Realtors’ second-quarter data for median home prices and HSH.com’s second-quarter average interest rate for 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages to determine how much of your salary it would take to afford the base cost of owning a home -- the principal, interest, taxes and insurance -- in 27 metro areas.