A median-priced home in Houston costs $199,300 and requires a salary of $49,983.37 to afford monthly payments of $1,166.28. San Francisco topped the list for the highest salary required to purchase a median-priced home, which costs $742,900.
A centralized database is a collection of information at a single location accessible from numerous points, in contrast with a distributed database where the information is spread out across multiple sites.
Master data (i.e., reference data) provides the context for transaction data and business intelligence. Master data consolidates disparate data between heterogeneous data sources. Master data management ensures the quality and use of controlled reference data values and their business meaning (i.e., metadata).