Graph and download economic data for Average Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States (ASPUS) from Q1 1963 to Q2 2025 about sales, housing, and USA.

Graph and download economic data for Homeownership Rate in the United States (RHORUSQ156N) from Q1 1965 to Q2 2025 about homeownership, housing, rate, and USA.

Existing Home Sales in the United States decreased to 4000 Thousand in August from 4010 Thousand in July 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.

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.

Graph and download economic data for Homeownership Rate for the United States (USHOWN) from 1984 to 2024 about homeownership, housing, rate, and USA.

Total Housing Inventory in the United States decreased to 1530 Thousands in August from 1550 Thousands in July of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Total Housing Inventory.

Housing Starts in the United States decreased to 1307 Thousand units in August from 1429 Thousand units in July of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Housing Starts - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR
Rent Payments (EC8)

FULL MEASURE NAME
Median rent payment

LAST UPDATED
January 2023

DESCRIPTION
Rent payments refer to the cost of leasing an apartment or home and serves as a measure of housing costs for individuals who do not own a home. The data reflect the median monthly rent paid by Bay Area households across apartments and homes of various sizes and various levels of quality. This differs from advertised rents for available apartments, which usually are higher. Note that rent can be presented using nominal or real (inflation-adjusted) dollar values; data are presented inflation-adjusted to reflect changes in household purchasing power over time.

DATA SOURCE
U.S. Census Bureau: Decennial Census - https://nhgis.org
Count 2 (1970)
Form STF1 (1980-1990)
Form SF3a (2000)

U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey - https://data.census.gov/
Form B25058 (2005-2021; median contract rent)

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index - https://www.bls.gov/data/
1970-2021

CONTACT INFORMATION
vitalsigns.info@mtc.ca.gov

METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator)
Rent data reflects median rent payments rather than list rents (refer to measure definition above). American Community Survey 1-year data is used for larger geographies – Bay counties and most metropolitan area counties – while smaller geographies rely upon 5-year rolling average data due to their smaller sample sizes. Note that 2020 data uses the 5-year estimates because the ACS did not collect 1-year data for 2020.

1970 Census data for median rent payments has been imputed from quintiles using methodology from California Department of Finance as the source data only provided the mean, rather than the median, monthly rent. Metro area boundaries reflects today’s metro area definitions by county for consistency, rather than historical metro area boundaries.

Inflation-adjusted data are presented to illustrate how rent payments have grown relative to overall price increases; that said, the use of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) does create some challenges given the fact that housing represents a major chunk of consumer goods bundle used to calculate CPI. This reflects a methodological tradeoff between precision and accuracy and is a common concern when working with any commodity that is a major component of CPI itself.

This dataset displays data from the 2005 Census of Japan. It displays data on Private Households throughout prefectures in Japan. This dataset specifically deals with number of Rented Households Issued Housing, Number of Rented Households Issued Housing Members, Average number of Members per Rented Households Issued Housing, Area of Floor Space per Household of Rented Households Issued Housing, and Area of Floor Space per Person of Rented Households Issued Housing. This data comes from Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication's Statistics Bureau.

Graph and download economic data for New Privately Owned Housing Starts in the United States, Average Square Feet of Floor Area for One-Family Units (HOUSTSFLAA1FQ) from Q1 1999 to Q2 2025 about floor area, housing starts, privately owned, 1-unit structures, family, new, housing, and USA.

NAR releases statistics on metropolitan area median home prices each quarter. The price report reflects sales prices of existing condo and co-op prices by metro market. MSAs are as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and include the specified city or cities and surrounding suburban areas. Separate file was uploaded for Single Family Homes - 1Q 2008 Null or Missing data was replaced with -1 except in the "Percent Change" field where it was replaced with -99

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Active Listing Count in the United States (ACTLISCOUUS) from Jul 2016 to Sep 2025 about active listing, listing, and USA.

View monthly updates and historical trends for US Housing Starts. from United States. Source: Census Bureau. Track economic data with YCharts analytics.

Graph and download economic data for Households; Owners' Equity in Real Estate, Level (OEHRENWBSHNO) from Q4 1945 to Q2 2025 about balance sheet, net worth, nonprofit organizations, equity, real estate, Net, households, and USA.

Portugal, Canada, and the United States were the countries with the highest house price to income ratio in 2024. In all three countries, the index exceeded 130 index points, while the average for all OECD countries stood at 116.2 index points. The index measures the development of housing affordability and is calculated by dividing nominal house price by nominal disposable income per head, with 2015 set as a base year when the index amounted to 100. An index value of 120, for example, would mean that house price growth has outpaced income growth by 20 percent since 2015. How have house prices worldwide changed since the COVID-19 pandemic? House prices started to rise gradually after the global financial crisis (2007–2008), but this trend accelerated with the pandemic. The countries with advanced economies, which usually have mature housing markets, experienced stronger growth than countries with emerging economies. Real house price growth (accounting for inflation) peaked in 2022 and has since lost some of the gain. Although, many countries experienced a decline in house prices, the global house price index shows that property prices in 2023 were still substantially higher than before COVID-19. Renting vs. buying In the past, house prices have grown faster than rents. However, the home affordability has been declining notably, with a direct impact on rental prices. As people struggle to buy a property of their own, they often turn to rental accommodation. This has resulted in a growing demand for rental apartments and soaring rental prices.

1st Quarter 2008 (preliminary) State Existing-Home Sales, (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate, 000s). NAR releases statistics on state-by-state existing-home sales each Quarter. The state existing-home sales report includes single-family houses, condos and co-ops. Null or missing data was changed to -1 except in the "Percent change" field where it was replaced with -99

4th Quarter 2007 (preliminary) Existing Home Sales (in Thous) by State. Also, includes 2005, 2006, and each Quarter for 2007. NAR releases statistics on state-by-state existing-home sales each quarter. The state existing-home sales report includes single-family houses, condos and co-ops.

This is the complete breakdown of how much revenue Airbnb makes in commission from listings in each region.

This data set provides information about the Air Quality Index (AQI). The AQI is an index for reporting how clean or polluted the air is and the associated health risks. Data in this set are given in number of days that the AQI fell within a certain range (good - hazardous). This data also provides information on which pollutants were in the air (O3, CO, SO2, etc). All data is given on the county level for the United States from 2001 to 2006. Data can be seen for earlier years and all of this data can be found at the EPAs website . This dataset can be used to see which areas have the poorest or best air quality, which can be useful for a number of industries, from real estate to health care and insurance.

The NC Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, using US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census data, developed the GIS data set, 1980 Census Boundaries/Population, containing easily accessible population and housing counts for the state of North Carolina. This file was developed to enable a user to see population and housing statistics from the 1980 Census as a way of tracking population and housing counts over time. This data was created to assist governmental agencies and others in making resource management decisions through use of a Geographic Information System (GIS). For more information please go to cgia.state.nc.us