Graph and download economic data for All-Transactions House Price Index for Boston, MA (MSAD) (ATNHPIUS14454Q) from Q3 1977 to Q2 2025 about Boston, MA, appraisers, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller MA-Boston Home Price Index (BOXRSA) from Jan 1987 to Jun 2025 about Boston, NH, MA, 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 All-Transactions House Price Index for Massachusetts (MASTHPI) from Q1 1975 to Q2 2025 about MA, appraisers, HPI, housing, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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.

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 All-Transactions House Price Index for Norfolk County, MA (ATNHPIUS25021A) from 1975 to 2024 about Norfolk County, MA; Boston; MA; HPI; housing; price index; indexes; price; and USA.

The Boston Housing dataset contains information about housing prices in the suburbs of Boston, 1970.

View yearly updates and historical trends for Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Housing Affordability Index. Source: National Association of Realtors. Track …

The median rent for one- and two-bedroom apartments in Boston, Massachusetts, amounted to about ***** U.S. dollars by the end of 2023. Rents decreased slightly after the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic,this trend reversed in 2021 and as of December 2023, the annual rental growth stood at **** percent. Among the different states in the U.S., Massachusetts ranks as one of the most expensive rental markets.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Arpit Kumar

Contents

It contains the following files:

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.

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.

Graph and download economic data for All-Transactions House Price Index for Essex County, MA (ATNHPIUS25009A) from 1975 to 2024 about Essex County, MA; Boston; MA; HPI; housing; price index; indexes; price; and USA.

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.

Housing Inventory: Average Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) was -2.33% in June of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Housing Inventory: Average Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) reached a record high of 29.18 in July of 2023 and a record low of -6.08 in January of 2019. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Housing Inventory: Average Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

Housing Inventory: Price Reduced Count Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) was 41.36% in July of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Housing Inventory: Price Reduced Count Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) reached a record high of 122.89 in January of 2023 and a record low of -61.17 in April of 2020. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Housing Inventory: Price Reduced Count Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on August of 2025.

Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Month-Over-Month in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) was -1.52% in July of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Month-Over-Month in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) reached a record high of 5.69 in March of 2018 and a record low of -3.89 in July of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Month-Over-Month in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

Analysis of ‘Boston housing dataset’ provided by Analyst-2 (analyst-2.ai), based on source dataset retrieved from https://www.kaggle.com/altavish/boston-housing-dataset on 30 September 2021.

--- Dataset description provided by original source is as follows ---

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.

--- Original source retains full ownership of the source dataset ---