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.

Following a period of stagnation over most of the 2010s, the number of owner occupied housing units in the United States started to grow in 2017. In 2023, there were over 86 million owner-occupied homes. Owner-occupied housing is where the person who owns a property – either outright or through a mortgage – also resides in the property. Excluded are therefore rental properties, employer-provided housing and social housing. Homeownership sentiment in the U.S. Though homeownership is still a cornerstone of the American dream, an increasing share of people see themselves as lifelong renters. Millennials have been notoriously late to enter the housing market, with one in four reporting that they would probably continue to always rent in the future, a 2022 survey found. In 2017, just five years before that, this share stood at about 13 percent. How many renter households are there? Renter households are roughly half as few as owner-occupied households in the U.S. In 2023, the number of renter occupied housing units amounted to almost 45 million. Climbing on the property ladder for renters is not always easy, as it requires prospective homebuyers to save up for a down payment and qualify for a mortgage. In many metros, the median household income is insufficient to qualify for the median-priced home.

Existing Home Sales in the United States decreased to 3930 Thousand in June from 4040 Thousand in May 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.

New Home Sales in the United States increased to 627 Thousand units in June from 623 Thousand units in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States New 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 home sales in the United States peaked in 2021 at almost ************* after steadily rising since 2018. Nevertheless, the market contracted in the following year, with transaction volumes falling to ***********. Home sales remained muted in 2024, with a mild increase expected in 2025 and 2026. A major factor driving this trend is the unprecedented increase in mortgage interest rates due to high inflation. How have U.S. home prices developed over time? The average sales price of new homes has also been rising since 2011. Buyer confidence seems to have recovered after the property crash, which has increased demand for homes and also the prices sellers are demanding for homes. At the same time, the affordability of U.S. homes has decreased. Both the number of existing and newly built homes sold has declined since the housing market boom during the coronavirus pandemic. Challenges in housing supply The number of housing units in the U.S. rose steadily between 1975 and 2005 but has remained fairly stable since then. Construction increased notably in the 1990s and early 2000s, with the number of construction starts steadily rising, before plummeting amid the infamous housing market crash. Housing starts slowly started to pick up in 2011, mirroring the economic recovery. In 2022, the supply of newly built homes plummeted again, as supply chain challenges following the COVID-19 pandemic and tariffs on essential construction materials such as steel and lumber led to prices soaring.

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Graph and download economic data for Homeownership Rate in the United States (RSAHORUSQ156S) from Q1 1980 to Q2 2025 about housing, rate, and USA.

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.

Home Ownership Rate in the United States decreased to 65.10 percent in the first quarter of 2025 from 65.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Home Ownership Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The percent of homes and condominiums sold for cash out of all residential properties sold in a calendar year. These types of sales tend to signify investor-based purchases as homes purchased for cash either become rental properties or later sold again in an effort to generate a profit. Source: RBIntel Years Available: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Graph and download economic data for Existing Home Sales (EXHOSLUSM495S) from Jun 2024 to Jun 2025 about headline figure, sales, housing, and USA.

Table of INEBase Percentage of sale of homes according to transferor and owner. Annual. National. Transfer of Property Rights Statistics

The portion of the homes and condominiums sold that were identified as being owned by the bank (REO) out of all residential properties sold in a calendar year. Source: RBIntel Years Available: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

The number of housing units in the United States has grown year-on-year and in 2024, there were approximately *** million homes. That was an increase of about one percent from the previous year. Homeownership in the U.S. Most of the housing stock in the U.S. is owner-occupied, meaning that the person who owns the home uses it as a primary residence. Homeownership is an integral part of the American Dream, with about *** in ***** Americans living in an owner-occupied home. For older generations, the homeownership rate is even higher, showing that buying a home is an important milestone in life. Housing transactions slowing down During the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. experienced a housing market boom and witnessed an increase in the number of homes sold. Since 2020, when the market peaked, new homes transactions have slowed down and so have the sales of existing homes. That has affected the development of home prices, with several states across the country experiencing a decline in house prices.

70% of White British households owned their own homes – the highest percentage out of all ethnic groups.

US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2013-2017 Estimates in the Keys the Valley Region for Population, Households, Tenure, Cost Burden, Poverty, and Age of Housing Stock.

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely social, economic, housing, and demographic data every year. Because the ACS is based on a sample, rather than all housing units and people, ACS estimates have a degree of uncertainty associated with them, called sampling error. In general, the larger the sample, the smaller the level of sampling error. Data associated with a small town will have a greater degree of error than data associated with an entire county. To help users understand the impact of sampling error on data reliability, the Census Bureau provides a “margin of error” for each published ACS estimate. The margin of error, combined with the ACS estimate, give users a range of values within which the actual “real-world” value is likely to fall.

Single-year and multiyear estimates from the ACS are all “period” estimates derived from a sample collected over a period of time, as opposed to “point-in-time” estimates such as those from past decennial censuses. For example, the 2000 Census “long form” sampled the resident U.S. population as of April 1, 2000. The estimates here were derived from a sample collected over time from 2013-2017.

Data Dictionary - Population, Households, Tenure, Cost Burden, Poverty, Age of Housing Stock

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Population: Total Population (B01003)

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Households: Total number of households (B25003)

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OwnHH: Total number of owner-occupied households (B25003)

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RentHH: Total number of renter-occupied households (B25003)

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TotalU: Total number of housing units (B25001)

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VacantU: Total number of vacant units (B25004)

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SeasRecOcU: Total number of Seasonal/Recreational/Occasionally Occupied Units (B25004)

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ForSale: Total number of units currently for sale (B25004)

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ForRent: Total number of units currently for rent (B25004)

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MedianHI: Median Household Income (B25119)

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OwnHH3049: Total number of owner-occupied households spending 30-49% of their income on housing costs. (B25095)

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POwnHH3049: Percentage of owner-occupied households spending 30-49% of their income on housing costs. (B25095)

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OwnHH50: Total number of severely cost-burdened owner-occupied households – those spending 50% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25095)

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POwnHH50: Percentage of severely cost-burdened owner-occupied households – those spending 50% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25095)

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OwnHH_CB: Total number of owner-occupied, cost-burdened households - those who spend 30% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25095)

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POwnHH_CB: Percentage of owner-occupied, cost-burdened households - those who spend 30% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25095)

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RenHH3049: Total number of renter-occupied households spending 30-49% of their income on housing costs. (B25070)

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PRenHH3049: Percentage of renter-occupied households spending 30-49% of their income on housing costs. (B25070)

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RenHH50: Total number of severely cost-burdened renter-occupied households – those spending 50% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25070)

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PRenHH50: Percentage of severely cost-burdened renter-occupied households – those spending 50% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25070)

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RenHH_CB: Total number of renter-occupied, cost-burdened households - those who spend 30% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25070)

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PRenHH_CB: Percentage of renter-occupied, cost-burdened households - those who spend 30% or more of their income on housing costs. (B25070)

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Poverty: Population below poverty level. (B17001)

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PPoverty: Percentage of population below poverty level. Note poverty status (above or below) is not determined for the entire population. (B17001)

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MYearBuilt: Median structure year of construction. (B25035)

Graph and download economic data for Houses Sold by Type of Financing, Cash Purchase (HSTFC) from Q1 1988 to Q2 2025 about cash, financing, finance, sales, housing, and USA.

VITAL SIGNS INDICATOR Home Prices (EC7)

FULL MEASURE NAME Home Prices

LAST UPDATED August 2019

DESCRIPTION Home prices refer to the cost of purchasing one’s own house or condominium. While a significant share of residents may choose to rent, home prices represent a primary driver of housing affordability in a given region, county or city.

DATA SOURCE Zillow Median Sale Price (1997-2018) http://www.zillow.com/research/data/

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index All Urban Consumers Data Table (1997-2018; specific to each metro area) http://data.bls.gov

CONTACT INFORMATION vitalsigns.info@bayareametro.gov

METHODOLOGY NOTES (across all datasets for this indicator) Median housing price estimates for the region, counties, cities, and zip code come from analysis of individual home sales by Zillow. The median sale price is the price separating the higher half of the sales from the lower half. In other words, 50 percent of home sales are below or above the median value. Zillow defines all homes as single-family residential, condominium, and co-operative homes with a county record. Single-family residences are detached, which means the home is an individual structure with its own lot. Condominiums are units that you own in a multi-unit complex, such as an apartment building. Co-operative homes are slightly different from condominiums where the homeowners own shares in the corporation that owns the building, not the actual units themselves.

For metropolitan area comparison values, the Bay Area metro area’s median home sale price is the population-weighted average of the nine counties’ median home prices. Home sales prices are not reliably available for Houston, because Texas is a non-disclosure state. For more information on non-disclosure states, see: http://www.zillow.com/blog/chronicles-of-data-collection-ii-non-disclosure-states-3783/

Inflation-adjusted data are presented to illustrate how home prices have grown relative to overall price increases; that said, the use of the Consumer Price Index 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.

Data on resident owners who are persons occupying one of their residential properties: sex, age, total income, the type and the assessment value of the owner-occupied property, as well as the number and the total assessment value of residential properties owned.