Graph and download economic data for All-Transactions House Price Index for Boston, MA (MSAD) (ATNHPIUS14454Q) from Q3 1977 to Q1 2025 about Boston, MA, appraisers, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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.

Graph and download economic data for S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller MA-Boston Home Price Index (BOXRNSA) from Jan 1987 to May 2025 about Boston, NH, MA, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

All-Transactions House Price Index for Boston, MA (MSAD) was 479.76000 Index 1995 Q1=100 in January of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, All-Transactions House Price Index for Boston, MA (MSAD) reached a record high of 479.76000 in January of 2025 and a record low of 24.75000 in October of 1977. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for All-Transactions House Price Index for Boston, MA (MSAD) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for Home Price Index (High Tier) for Boston, Massachusetts (BOXRHTNSA) from Jan 1987 to May 2025 about high tier, Boston, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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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 All-Transactions House Price Index for Massachusetts (MASTHPI) from Q1 1975 to Q1 2025 about MA, appraisers, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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.

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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1) Data Introduction • The Real Estate DataSet consists of 506 examples, including home prices in the Boston suburbs and various residential and environmental characteristics.

2) Data Utilization (1) Real Estate DataSet has characteristics that: • The dataset provides 13 continuous variables and one binary variable, including crime rate, house size, environmental pollution, accessibility, tax rate, and population characteristics. (2) Real Estate DataSet can be used to: • House Price Forecast: It can be used to develop a regression model that predicts the median price (MEDV) of a house based on various residential and environmental factors. • Analysis of Urban Planning and Policy: It can be used for urban development and policy making by analyzing the impact of residential environmental factors such as crime rates, environmental pollution, and educational environment on housing values.

Boston - High Tier Home Price Index: 38 years of historical data from 1987 to 2025.

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH - Home Price Index (High Tier) for Boston, Massachusetts was 304.14834 Index Jan 2000 = 100 in February of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH - Home Price Index (High Tier) for Boston, Massachusetts reached a record high of 306.59343 in July of 2024 and a record low of 61.93938 in April of 1991. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH - Home Price Index (High Tier) for Boston, Massachusetts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Graph and download economic data for All-Transactions House Price Index for Middlesex County, MA (ATNHPIUS25017A) from 1975 to 2024 about Middlesex County, MA; Boston; MA; HPI; housing; price index; indexes; price; and USA.

Domain: Real Estate

Difficulty: Easy to Medium

Challenges: 1. Missing value treatment
2. Outlier treatment 3. Understanding which variables drive the price of homes in Boston

Summary: The Boston housing dataset contains 506 observations and 14 variables. The dataset contains missing values.

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 - Case-Shiller Home Price Index: 38 years of historical data from 1987 to 2025.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Nilay Chauhan

Contents

Gives property, or parcel, ownership together with value information, which ensures fair assessment of Boston taxable and non-taxable property of all types and classifications. To preserve their integrity, the identifiers PID, CM_ID, GIS_ID, ZIPCODE, and MAIL_ZIPCODE all are marked with an underscore ("_") as the last character.

Year-specific documentation for the FY2008 through FY2013 files is not currently available, but the format of those files is equivalent to that described in the FY2014 documentation.

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.