Global house prices experienced a significant shift in 2022, with advanced economies seeing a notable decline after a prolonged period of growth. The real house price index (adjusted for inflation) for advanced economies peaked at nearly *** index points in early 2022 before falling to around ***** points by the second quarter of 2023. In the second quarter of 2025, the index reached ***** points. This represents a reversal of the upward trend that had characterized the housing market for roughly a decade. Likewise, real house prices in emerging economies declined after reaching a high of ***** points in the third quarter of 2021. What is behind the slowdown? Inflation and slow economic growth have been the primary drivers for the cooling of the housing market. Secondly, the growing gap between incomes and house prices since 2012 has decreased the affordability of homeownership. Last but not least, homebuyers in 2024 faced dramatically higher mortgage interest rates, further contributing to worsening sentiment and declining transactions. Some markets continue to grow While many countries witnessed a deceleration in house price growth in 2022, some markets continued to see substantial increases. Turkey, in particular, stood out with a nominal increase in house prices of over ** percent in the first quarter of 2025. Other countries that recorded a two-digit growth include North Macedonia and Russia. When accounting for inflation, the three countries with the fastest growing residential prices in early 2025 were North Macedonia, Portugal, and Bulgaria.

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Key information about House Prices Growth

• US house prices grew 3.3% YoY in Sep 2025, following an increase of 4.1% YoY in the previous quarter.
• YoY growth data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1992 to Sep 2025, with an average growth rate of -12.4%.
• House price data reached an all-time high of 17.7% in Sep 2021 and a record low of -12.4% in Dec 2008.

In this Economic Commentary , we compare characteristics of the 2000–2006 house-price boom that preceded the Great Recession to the house-price boom that began in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. These two episodes of high house-price growth have important differences, including the behavior of rental rates, the dynamics of housing supply and demand, and the state of the mortgage market. The absence of changes in fundamentals during the 2000s is consistent with the literature emphasizing house-price beliefs during this prior episode. In contrast to during the 2000s boom, changes in fundamentals (including rent and demand growth) played a more dominant role in the 2020s house-price boom.

Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece, and Spain were widely considered the Eurozone's weakest economies during the Great Recession and subsequent Eurozone debt crisis. These countries were grouped together due to the similarities in their economic crises, with much of them driven by house price bubbles which had inflated over the early 2000s, before bursting in 2007 due to the Global Financial Crisis. Entry into the Euro currency by 2002 had meant that banks could lend to house buyers in these countries at greatly reduced rates of interest.

This reduction in the cost of financing contributed to creating housing bubbles, which were further boosted by pro-cyclical housing policies among many of the countries' governments. In spite of these economies experiencing similar economic problems during the crisis, Italy and Portugal did not experience housing bubbles in the same way in which Greece, Ireland, and Spain did. In the latter countries, their real housing prices (which are adjusted for inflation) peaked in 2007, before quickly declining during the recession. In particular, house prices in Ireland dropped by over 40 percent from their peak in 2007 to 2011.

The number of U.S. home sales in the United States declined in 2024, after soaring in 2021. A total of four million transactions of existing homes, including single-family, condo, and co-ops, were completed in 2024, down from 6.12 million in 2021. According to the forecast, the housing market is forecast to head for recovery in 2025, despite transaction volumes expected to remain below the long-term average. Why have home sales declined? The housing boom during the coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated that being a homeowner is still an integral part of the American dream. Nevertheless, sentiment declined in the second half of 2022 and Americans across all generations agreed that the time was not right to buy a home. A combination of factors has led to house prices rocketing and making homeownership unaffordable for the average buyer. A survey among owners and renters found that the high home prices and unfavorable economic conditions were the two main barriers to making a home purchase. People who would like to purchase their own home need to save up a deposit, have a good credit score, and a steady and sufficient income to be approved for a mortgage. In 2022, mortgage rates experienced the most aggressive increase in history, making the total cost of homeownership substantially higher. Are U.S. home prices expected to fall? The median sales price of existing homes stood at 413,000 U.S. dollars in 2024 and was forecast to increase slightly until 2026. The development of the S&P/Case Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index shows that home prices experienced seven consecutive months of decline between June 2022 and January 2023, but this trend reversed in the following months. Despite mild fluctuations throughout the year, home prices in many metros are forecast to continue to grow, albeit at a much slower rate.

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National median housing prices in Portugal from the pre-crisis peak in 2008 through the 2014 market bottom and subsequent recovery to current supply-driven highs, illustrating the long-term structural trends in the housing market.

The year-end value of the S&P Case Shiller National Home Price Index amounted to 321.45 in 2024. The index value was equal to 100 as of January 2000, so if the index value is equal to 130 in a given year, for example, it means that the house prices increased by 30 percent since 2000. S&P/Case Shiller U.S. home indices – additional informationThe S&P Case Shiller National Home Price Index is calculated on a monthly basis and is based on the prices of single-family homes in nine U.S. Census divisions: New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, Mountain and Pacific. The index is the leading indicator of the American housing market and one of the indicators of the state of the broader economy. The index illustrates the trend of home prices and can be helpful during house purchase decisions. When house prices are rising, a house buyer might want to speed up the house purchase decision as the transaction costs can be much higher in the future. The S&P Case Shiller National Home Price Index has been on the rise since 2011.The S&P Case Shiller National Home Price Index is one of the indices included in the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index Series. Other indices are the S&P/Case Shiller 20-City Composite Home Price Index, the S&P/Case Shiller 10-City Composite Home Price Index and twenty city composite indices.

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.

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Housing markets in the United States and Canada are similar in many respects, but each has fared quite differently since the onset of the financial crisis. A comparison of the two markets suggests that relaxed lending standards likely played a critical role in the U.S. housing bust.

House Price Index YoY in the United States decreased to 1.70 percent in September from 2.40 percent in August of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States FHFA House Price Index YoY.

This statistic represents the projected size of the U.S. market for green single-family housing projects from 2005 through 2016. In 2008, this market was sized at approximately ** billion U.S. dollars.

This statistic displays the house price index (HPI) in Aragon from 2008 to 2020. It can be seen that the house price index decreased overall during the period under observation, reaching a value of approximately ***** index points in 2020.

The data in this dataset is collected from FRED.

I decided to create this dataset while reading the research paper Factors Affecting House Prices in Cyprus: 1988-2008 by Panos Pashardes & Christos S. Savva. This research paper is extremely informative and covers a lot of details regarding the macroeconomics involved in real estate market. So I would recommend you all to go through it once.

NOTE:

This dataset will be updated over a period of time and include the following: - Macroeconomic factors with quarterly, monthly frequencies. - Microeconomic factors such as house type, age, location, size (BR, BA, carpet area/built-up area), facilities, view, disability functions, region, house prices, etc.

NOTE 2:

I recommend you all to check the file in this dataset with the title Housing_Macroeconomic_Factors_US (2).csv, it includes both the supply and demand factors associated with the housing market.

General Defintions:

1. Macroeconomic Factors

• House_Price_Index: House price change according to the index base period set (you can check the date at which this value is 100).
• Stock_Price_Index: Stock price change according to the index base period set (you can check the date at which this value is 100).
• Consumer_Price_Index: The Consumer Price Index measures the overall change in consumer prices based on a representative basket of goods and services over time.
• Population: Population of USA (unit: thousands).
• Unemployment_Rate: Unemployment rate of USA (unit: percentage).
• Real_GDP: GDP with adjusted inflation (Annual version unit: billions of chain 2012 dollars in, Monthly version unit: Annualised change).
• Mortgage_Rate: Interest charged on mortgages (unit: percentage).
• Real_Disposable_Income (Real Disposable Personal Income): Money left from salary after all the taxes are paid (unit: billions of chain 2012 dollars).
• Inflation: Decline in purchasing power over time (unit: percentage). [Forgot to remove this column in Annual version since CPI is one of the measures used to determine inflation].

What can you do with this dataset?

• Perform statistical analysis, find significant features & find the value by which these features affect the house price index (recommend to use a percentage change instead of index).
• Perform multivariate regression and predict the price of houses using microeconomic features (soon).

Thanks! If you like this dataset, I'll appreciate it if you give this dataset a vote! Discussions, suggestions & doubts are always welcome. Happy Learning!!

Residential Property Prices in Hungary increased 15.14 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Hungary Residential Property Prices.

Existing Home Sales in the United States increased to 4100 Thousand in October from 4050 Thousand in September of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Existing Home Sales - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

United States Housing Market Index: sa: Traffic of Prospective Buyers data was reported at 45.000 NA in Nov 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 53.000 NA for Oct 2018. United States Housing Market Index: sa: Traffic of Prospective Buyers data is updated monthly, averaging 43.000 NA from Jan 1985 (Median) to Nov 2018, with 407 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 62.000 NA in Dec 1993 and a record low of 7.000 NA in Dec 2008. United States Housing Market Index: sa: Traffic of Prospective Buyers data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Association of Home Builders. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EB013: Housing Market Index.

Residential Property Prices in Slovenia increased 5.54 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Slovenia Residential Property Prices.