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.

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price in Massachusetts (MEDLISPRIMA) from Jul 2016 to Jun 2025 about MA, listing, median, price, and USA.

The S&P Case Shiller Boston Home Price Index has risen steadily since February 2020. The index measures changes in the prices of existing single-family homes. The index value was equal to 100 as of January 2000, so if the index value is equal to 130 in a given month, for example, it means that the house prices have increased by 30 percent since 2000. The value of the S&P Case Shiller Boston Home Price Index amounted to nearly 335.36 in August 2024. That was above the national average.

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.

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.

The U.S. housing market continues to evolve, with the median home price forecast to reach ******* U.S. dollars by the second quarter of 2026. This projection comes after a period of significant growth and recent fluctuations, reflecting the complex interplay of economic factors affecting the real estate sector. The rising costs have not only impacted home prices, but also down payments, with the median down payment more than doubling since 2012. Regional variations in housing costs Home prices and down payments vary dramatically across the United States. While the national median down payment stood at approximately ****** U.S. dollars in early 2024, homebuyers in states like California, Massachusetts, and Hawaii faced down payments exceeding ****** U.S. dollars. This disparity highlights the challenges of homeownership in high-cost markets and underscores the importance of location in determining housing affordability. Market dynamics and future outlook The housing market has shown signs of cooling after years of rapid growth, with more modest price increases of *** percent in 2022 and *** percent in 2023. This slowdown can be attributed in part to rising mortgage rates, which have tempered demand. Despite these challenges, most states continued to see year-over-year price growth in the fourth quarter of 2023, with Rhode Island and Vermont leading the pack at over ** percent appreciation. As the market adjusts to new economic realities, potential homebuyers and investors alike will be watching closely for signs of stabilization or renewed growth in the coming years.

The median listing price in a given market during the specified month.

With the release of its September 2022 housing trends report, Realtor.com® incorporated a new and improved methodology for capturing and reporting housing inventory trends and metrics. The new methodology updates and improves the calculation of time on market and improves handling of duplicate listings. Most areas across the country will see minor changes with a smaller handful of areas seeing larger updates. As a result of these changes, the data released since October 2022 will not be directly comparable with previous data releases (files downloaded before October 2022) and Realtor.com® economics blog posts. However, future data releases, including historical data, will consistently apply the new methodology. More details are available at the source's Real Estate Data Library (https://www.realtor.com/research/data/).

With the release of its November 2021 housing trends report, Realtor.com® incorporated a new and improved methodology for capturing and reporting housing inventory trends and metrics. The new methodology uses the latest and most accurate data mapping of listing statuses to yield a cleaner and more consistent measurement of active listings at both the national and local level. The methodology has also been adjusted to better account for missing data in some fields including square footage. Most areas across the country will see minor changes with a smaller handful of areas seeing larger updates. As a result of these changes, the data released since December 2021 will not be directly comparable with previous data releases (files downloaded before December 2021) and Realtor.com® economics blog posts. However, future data releases, including historical data, will consistently apply the new methodology. More details are available at the source's Real Estate Data Library (https://www.realtor.com/research/data/).

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

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.

The average price per square foot of floor space in new single-family housing in the United States decreased after the great financial crisis, followed by several years of stagnation. Since 2012, the price has continuously risen, hitting *** U.S. dollars per square foot in 2022. In 2024, the average sales price of a new home exceeded ******* U.S. dollars. Development of house sales in the U.S. One of the reasons for rising property prices is the gradual growth of house sales between 2011 and 2020. This period was marked by the gradual recovery following the subprime mortgage crisis and a growing housing sentiment. Another significant factor for the housing demand was the growing number of new household formations each year. Despite this trend, housing transactions plummeted in 2021, amid soaring prices and borrowing costs. In 2021, the average construction cost for single-family housing rose by nearly ** percent year-on-year, and in 2022, the increase was even higher, at close to ** percent. Financing a house purchase Mortgage interest rates in the U.S. rose dramatically in 2022 and remained elevated until 2024. In 2020, a homebuyer could lock in a 30-year fixed interest rate of under ***** percent, whereas in 2024, the average rate for the same mortgage type was more than twice higher. That has led to a decline in homebuyer sentiment, and an increasing share of the population pessimistic about buying a home in the current market.

Graph and download economic data for Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Month-Over-Month in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) (MEDLISPRIMM14460) from Jul 2017 to Jun 2025 about Boston, NH, MA, listing, median, price, and USA.

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

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 House Price Index: FHFA: Massachusetts data was reported at 792.670 Mar1980=100 in Jun 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 777.560 Mar1980=100 for Mar 2018. United States House Price Index: FHFA: Massachusetts data is updated quarterly, averaging 316.220 Mar1980=100 from Mar 1975 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 174 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 792.670 Mar1980=100 in Jun 2018 and a record low of 66.040 Mar1980=100 in Jun 1975. United States House Price Index: FHFA: Massachusetts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Housing Finance Agency. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.EB014: House Price Index.

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.

United States House Price Index: FHFA: Expanded: sa: Massachusetts data was reported at 302.480 Jan1991=100 in Mar 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 295.230 Jan1991=100 for Dec 2017. United States House Price Index: FHFA: Expanded: sa: Massachusetts data is updated quarterly, averaging 208.440 Jan1991=100 from Mar 1991 (Median) to Mar 2018, with 109 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 302.480 Jan1991=100 in Mar 2018 and a record low of 95.880 Jan1991=100 in Mar 1993. United States House Price Index: FHFA: Expanded: sa: Massachusetts data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal Housing Finance Agency. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.EB015: House Price Index: Expanded.

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.

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.

Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) was -1.68% in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH (CBSA) reached a record high of 16.44 in August of 2023 and a record low of -3.70 in August of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Housing Inventory: Median 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: Median Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Massachusetts was -2.91% in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Massachusetts reached a record high of 25.03 in January of 2021 and a record low of -4.37 in August of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Housing Inventory: Median Listing Price Year-Over-Year in Massachusetts - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.