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The S&P Case Shiller Boston Home Price Index has risen steadily since *************. The index measures changes in the prices of existing single-family homes. The index value was equal to 100 as of ************, so if the index value is equal to *** in a given month, for example, it means that the house prices have increased by ** percent since 2000. The value of the S&P Case Shiller Boston Home Price Index amounted to nearly ****** in ***********. That was above the national average.

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The U.S. housing market has slowed, after ** consecutive years of rising home prices. In 2021, house prices surged by an unprecedented ** percent, marking the highest increase on record. However, the market has since cooled, with the Freddie Mac House Price Index showing more modest growth between 2022 and 2024. In 2024, home prices increased by *** percent. That was lower than the long-term average of *** percent since 1990. Impact of mortgage rates on homebuying The recent cooling in the housing market can be partly attributed to rising mortgage rates. After reaching a record low of **** percent in 2021, the average annual rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage more than doubled in 2023. This significant increase has made homeownership less affordable for many potential buyers, contributing to a substantial decline in home sales. Despite these challenges, forecasts suggest a potential recovery in the coming years. How much does it cost to buy a house in the U.S.? In 2023, the median sales price of an existing single-family home reached a record high of over ******* U.S. dollars. Newly built homes were even pricier, despite a slight decline in the median sales price in 2023. Naturally, home prices continue to vary significantly across the country, with West Virginia being the most affordable state for homebuyers.

Title: Boston Housing Price Prediction Dataset

Description:

This dataset contains information about housing prices in Boston and is often used for regression analysis and predictive modeling. The dataset is based on the classic Boston Housing dataset, which is frequently used as a benchmark in machine learning.

Attributes:

1. CRIM (Per Capita Crime Rate): The per capita crime rate in the neighborhood.
2. ZN (Proportion of Residential Land Zoned for Large Lots): The proportion of residential land zoned for lots over 25,000 sq. ft.
3. INDUS (Proportion of Non-Retail Business Acres): The proportion of non-retail business acres per town.
4. CHAS (Charles River Dummy Variable): A binary variable indicating whether the Charles River bounds the tract (1 if bounded, 0 otherwise).
5. NOX (Nitric Oxides Concentration): Nitric oxides concentration (parts per 10 million).
6. RM (Average Number of Rooms per Dwelling): The average number of rooms per dwelling.
7. AGE (Proportion of Owner-Occupied Units Built Prior to 1940): The proportion of owner-occupied units built prior to 1940.
8. DIS (Weighted Distances to Employment Centers): Weighted distances to five Boston employment centers.
9. RAD (Index of Accessibility to Radial Highways): An index representing accessibility to radial highways.
10. TAX (Full-Value Property Tax Rate per $10,000): The full-value property tax rate per $10,000.
11. PTRATIO (Pupil-Teacher Ratio): The pupil-teacher ratio by town.
12. B (1000(Bk - 0.63)^2 where Bk is the Proportion of Black Residents): A measure of the proportion of Black residents adjusted for an offset.
13. LSTAT (Percentage of Lower Status of the Population): The percentage of lower-status residents in the population.
14. MEDV (Median Value of Owner-Occupied Homes): The median value of owner-occupied homes in $1000s (Target Variable).

Objective:

Predict the median value of owner-occupied homes (MEDV) based on various features to gain insights into factors influencing housing prices.

Usage:

This dataset is suitable for regression tasks, machine learning practice, and understanding the dynamics of housing markets.

Citation:

The dataset is derived from the UCI Machine Learning Repository and can be cited as follows:

Harrison Jr., D., & Rubinfeld, D. L. (1978). Hedonic prices and the demand for clean air. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 5(1), 81-102.

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) (MEDLISPRI14460) from Jul 2016 to Jul 2025 about Boston, NH, MA, listing, median, price, and USA.

United States Median Existing Home Price: MA: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy data was reported at 491.400 USD th in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 495.900 USD th for Jun 2018. United States Median Existing Home Price: MA: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy data is updated quarterly, averaging 337.600 USD th from Mar 1989 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 111 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 495.900 USD th in Jun 2018 and a record low of 132.800 USD th in Mar 1991. United States Median Existing Home Price: MA: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Association of Realtors. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.EB007: Median Existing Home Price: by Metropolitan Area. Series Break/s represents unreported data from National Association of Realtors' prime source for that time period.

Boston Area - Median Home Listing Price: 9 years of historical data from 2016 to 2025.

Analysis of ‘Boston House Prices-Advanced Regression Techniques’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/fedesoriano/the-boston-houseprice-data on 13 February 2022.

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Context

The Boston house-price data of Harrison, D. and Rubinfeld, D.L. 'Hedonic prices and the demand for clean air', J. Environ. Economics & Management, vol.5, 81-102, 1978.

Attribute Information

Input features in order: 1) CRIM: per capita crime rate by town 2) ZN: proportion of residential land zoned for lots over 25,000 sq.ft. 3) INDUS: proportion of non-retail business acres per town 4) CHAS: Charles River dummy variable (1 if tract bounds river; 0 otherwise) 5) NOX: nitric oxides concentration (parts per 10 million) [parts/10M] 6) RM: average number of rooms per dwelling 7) AGE: proportion of owner-occupied units built prior to 1940 8) DIS: weighted distances to five Boston employment centres 9) RAD: index of accessibility to radial highways 10) TAX: full-value property-tax rate per $10,000 [$/10k] 11) PTRATIO: pupil-teacher ratio by town 12) B: The result of the equation B=1000(Bk - 0.63)^2 where Bk is the proportion of blacks by town 13) LSTAT: % lower status of the population

Output variable: 1) MEDV: Median value of owner-occupied homes in $1000's [k$]

Source

StatLib - Carnegie Mellon University

Relevant Papers

Harrison, David & Rubinfeld, Daniel. (1978). Hedonic housing prices and the demand for clean air. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 5. 81-102. 10.1016/0095-0696(78)90006-2. LINK

Belsley, David A. & Kuh, Edwin. & Welsch, Roy E. (1980). Regression diagnostics: identifying influential data and sources of collinearity. New York: Wiley LINK

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United States Median Home Sale Price: All Residential: Boston, MA data was reported at 555.000 USD th in Jul 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 540.000 USD th for Jun 2020. United States Median Home Sale Price: All Residential: Boston, MA data is updated monthly, averaging 419.500 USD th from Feb 2012 (Median) to Jul 2020, with 102 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 555.000 USD th in Jul 2020 and a record low of 290.000 USD th in Feb 2012. United States Median Home Sale Price: All Residential: Boston, MA data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Redfin. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EB056: Median Home Sale Price: by Metropolitan Areas.

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United States Median Home Sale Price: sa: Condo/Co-op: Boston, MA data was reported at 482.000 USD th in Jul 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 479.000 USD th for Jun 2020. United States Median Home Sale Price: sa: Condo/Co-op: Boston, MA data is updated monthly, averaging 397.000 USD th from Feb 2012 (Median) to Jul 2020, with 102 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 520.000 USD th in Mar 2020 and a record low of 290.000 USD th in Mar 2012. United States Median Home Sale Price: sa: Condo/Co-op: Boston, MA data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Redfin. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EB057: Median Home Sale Price: by Metropolitan Areas: Seasonally Adjusted.

The median house prices in the most expensive zip codes in New England, United States ranged from *** to *** million U.S. dollars. Boston (zip code 02199) was the most expensive in New England with a median house price of *** million U.S. dollars. Nevertheless, that was more affordable than in the ten zip codes with the highest median house price in the entire United States.

United States Median Home Sale Price: Single Family: Boston, MA data was reported at 580.000 USD th in Jul 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 556.000 USD th for Jun 2020. United States Median Home Sale Price: Single Family: Boston, MA data is updated monthly, averaging 430.000 USD th from Feb 2012 (Median) to Jul 2020, with 102 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 580.000 USD th in Jul 2020 and a record low of 301.000 USD th in Feb 2012. United States Median Home Sale Price: Single Family: Boston, MA data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Redfin. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EB056: Median Home Sale Price: by Metropolitan Areas.

United States Median Home Sale Price: sa: Single Family: Boston, MA data was reported at 539.000 USD th in Jul 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 521.000 USD th for Jun 2020. United States Median Home Sale Price: sa: Single Family: Boston, MA data is updated monthly, averaging 420.000 USD th from Feb 2012 (Median) to Jul 2020, with 102 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 551.000 USD th in Apr 2020 and a record low of 337.000 USD th in Feb 2012. United States Median Home Sale Price: sa: Single Family: Boston, MA data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Redfin. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EB057: Median Home Sale Price: by Metropolitan Areas: Seasonally Adjusted.

Characteristics:

• Number of Instances: 506

• Number of Attributes: 13 numeric/categorical predictive. The Median Value (attribute 14) is the target.

• Attribute Information (in order): 1. CRIM per capita crime rate by town 2. ZN proportion of residential land zoned for lots over 25,000 sq.ft. 3. INDUS proportion of non-retail business acres per town 4. CHAS Charles River dummy variable (= 1 if tract bounds river; 0 otherwise) 5. NOX nitric oxides concentration (parts per 10 million) 6. RM average number of rooms per dwelling 7. AGE proportion of owner-occupied units built prior to 1940 8. DIS weighted distances to five Boston employment centres 9. RAD index of accessibility to radial highways 10. TAX full-value property-tax rate per $10,000 11. PTRATIO pupil-teacher ratio by town 12. B 1000(Bk - 0.63)^2 where Bk is the proportion of blacks by town 13. LSTAT % lower status of the population 14. PRICE Median value of owner-occupied homes in $1000's

• Missing Attribute Values: None

• Creator: Harrison, D. and Rubinfeld, D.L.

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