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 Housing Vacancies and Homeownership (CPS/HVS)




Historical Tables


Table 11A.  Median asking Rent for the U.S. and Regions:  1988 to Present 

Median Asking Rent (dollars)

              U.S. Total   Northeast   Midwest    South      West
1988
  1st Qtr         330         416         300       303       390
  2nd Qtr         344         406         304       317       431
  3rd Qtr         347         420         304       308       429
  4th Qtr         350         424         297       316       476

  Annual          343         417         301       311       428

1989
  1st Qtr         345         437         300       314       419
  2nd Qtr         358         447         331       312       456
  3rd Qtr         355         445         325       315       468
  4th Qtr         370         483         334       317       474

  Annual          358         459         320       316       456

1989/r
  1st Qtr         331         440         297       299       410
  2nd Qtr         344         442         297       298       458
  3rd Qtr         345         457         298       308       465
  4th Qtr         358         477         324       309       450

  Annual          346         453         304       304       444

1990
  1st Qtr         368         475         336       309       511
  2nd Qtr         363         456         305       312       497
  3rd Qtr         374         518         316       329       455
  4th Qtr         380         499         320       325       525

  Annual          371         487         319       318       500

1991
  1st Qtr         385         522         337       325       509
  2nd Qtr         395         476         356       353       508
  3rd Qtr         402         487         314       354       516
  4th Qtr         414         504         346       357       556

  Annual          398         498         339       347       523
 
1992
  1st Qtr         401         469         338       344       505
  2nd Qtr         404         489         349       347       518
  3rd Qtr         409         479         348       359       528
  4th Qtr         430         482         352       366       571

  Annual          411         476         347       354       533

1993
  1st Qtr         422         473         365       367       529      
  2nd Qtr         436         502         361       387       539
  3rd Qtr         427         480         351       362       563
  4th Qtr         444         482         363       377       559

  Annual          431         483         360       372       548

1993/r
  1st Qtr         420         473         367       363       526
  2nd Qtr         435         502         361       385       536
  3rd Qtr         426         480         351       361       562
  4th Qtr         444         482         363       375       562

  Annual          430         483         360       370       547
  
1994
  1st Qtr         431         481         362       377       544
  2nd Qtr         430         478         363       379       531
  3rd Qtr         425         445         369       363       529
  4th Qtr         427         462         372       380       551

  Annual          429         467         367       375       536

1995
  1st Qtr         433         510         364       385       539
  2nd Qtr         419         436         351       386       540
  3rd Qtr         437         486         387       390       537
  4th Qtr         445         441         390       413       550

  Annual          438         473         371       393       541

1996
  1st Qtr         428         434         387       402       524 
  2nd Qtr         435         454         365       409       535 
  3rd Qtr         449         476         371       422       536 
  4th Qtr         458         470         383       441       547 

  Annual          444         457         377       417       535

1997
  1st Qtr         436         488         381       396       535 
  2nd Qtr         431         450         380       401       539
  3rd Qtr         448         496         375       408       522  
  4th Qtr         455         516         395       411       543

  Annual          442         487         382       404       534

1998
  1st Qtr         457         495         414       410       554 
  2nd Qtr         452         494         409       405       551 
  3rd Qtr         463         525         389       426       547
  4th Qtr         466         521         417       435       559

  Annual          461         511         408       419       551

1999
  1st Qtr         444         509         397       406       563
  2nd Qtr         475         551         411       441       578 
  3rd Qtr         456         516         406       412       586 
  4th Qtr         463         505         409       430       589

  Annual          461         526         406       424       580

2000
  1st Qtr         478         521         423       443       577
  2nd Qtr         464         558         434       421       557
  3rd Qtr         492         536         462       460       592
  4th Qtr         486         517         464       460       585

  Annual          483         530         449       452       577

2001
  1st Qtr         478         521         423       443       577
  2nd Qtr         502         538         474       475       627
  3rd Qtr         525         536         469       497       693
  4th Qtr         535         557         490       495       691

  Annual          518         541         478       487       679

2002
  1st Qtr         545         601         448       528       692
  2nd Qtr         575         647         508       557       710
  3rd Qtr         567         616         523       514       736
  4th Qtr         578         680         505       540       691

  Annual          566         640         498       534       708

2002\r
  1st Qtr         546         600         448       530       694
  2nd Qtr         577         643         507       559       712
  3rd Qtr         568         618         524       516       735
  4th Qtr         579         697         505       543       693

  Annual          568         640         497       536       708
 
2003
  1st Qtr         594         692         538       566       706   
  2nd Qtr         588         673         535       558       694
  3rd Qtr         582         747         520       542       754
  4th Qtr         591         745         545       562       693

  Annual          589         705         533       556       710

2004
  1st Qtr         620         727         555       575       773
  2nd Qtr         599         678         536       566       812
  3rd Qtr         619         716         566       582       797
  4th Qtr         620         757         546       578       746

  Annual          615         719         551       575       781 
  
2005 
  1st Qtr         608         773         545       547       803
  2nd Qtr         603         673         538       564       817
  3rd Qtr         614         742         536       579       759
  4th Qtr         593         727         513       551       725

  Annual          605         730         534       560       775

2006
  1st Qtr         600         746         554       560       758
  2nd Qtr         625         728         560       598       775
  3rd Qtr         639         802         577       598       756
  4th Qtr         700         825         574       632       805

  Annual          633         770         566       597       777

2007
  1st Qtr         659         801         570       623       835
  2nd Qtr         665         741         573       644       814
  3rd Qtr         663         807         568       639       818
  4th Qtr         673         820         566       654       877

  Annual          665         787         569       640       838

2008
  1st Qtr         679         802         568       661       825
         

Table 11B.  Median Asking Sales Price for the U.S. and Regions: 1988 to Present

Median Asking Sales Price (dollars)

              U.S. Total  Northeast    Midwest     South      West
1988                                                                 
  1st Qtr       57,000     136,700      38,000     52,200    79,200
  2nd Qtr       63,500     124,000      44,500     56,300    91,100
  3rd Qtr       60,300     114,000      38,400     58,500    74,400
  4th Qtr       59,100     125,000      32,100     57,200    73,900

  Annual        59,200     124,500      38,100     56,400    81,300

1989
  1st Qtr       61,600     108,100     40,100     59,300     70,700
  2nd Qtr       64,300     108,900     42,600     62,600     73,200
  3rd Qtr       57,600     119,700     41,200     53,500     71,600
  4th Qtr       57,400     115,800     34,400     59,200     85,900

  Annual        59,500     108,100     36,800     57,900     72,700

1989/r
  1st Qtr       55,700     95,600      37,800     55,200     59,500
  2nd Qtr       56,000     93,900      32,200     53,200     67,100
  3rd Qtr       53,300    116,800      32,600     49,800     63,600
  4th Qtr       51,900    113,600      32,300     52,100     68,200

  Annual        54,200    102,400      33,100     52,300     64,600

1990
  1st Qtr       48,900     97,700      33,500     41,900    100,100
  2nd Qtr       65,900    112,300      39,300     49,500    131,800
  3rd Qtr       69,000    125,900      42,900     56,600    120,700
  4th Qtr       64,600    103,600      41,900     52,500    127,500

  Annual        62,700    109,900      39,200     50,400    120,500

1991
  1st Qtr       68,700     99,300      48,500     54,100    125,700
  2nd Qtr       65,000    115,700      46,300     51,300    105,600
  3rd Qtr       58,600     73,600      47,000     46,100     99,800
  4th Qtr       63,700    109,900      51,400     50,600    137,400

  Annual        63,700    101,600      48,300     49,700    120,900

1992
  1st Qtr       68,700    102,000      47,300     52,000    133,500
  2nd Qtr       72,500     97,400      33,900     59,700    153,700
  3rd Qtr       75,200     99,300      43,500     57,200    123,100    
  4th Qtr       76,800     91,500      41,200     63,200    133,300

  Annual        73,300     96,800      41,500     57,700    134,900

1993
  1st Qtr       72,600    101,600      49,800     60,500    135,700
  2nd Qtr       70,300     99,500      42,700     61,800    119,000
  3rd Qtr       67,300     91,200      46,800     54,400    122,300
  4th Qtr       69,400    107,900      48,500     57,700    124,200

  Annual        69,900     99,700      46,900     58,600    125,800

1993/r
  1st Qtr       71,500    102,700      50,500     63,500    135,300
  2nd Qtr       70,200     99,600      42,700     62,000    118,000
  3rd Qtr       67,200     91,400      46,800     54,400    121,200
  4th Qtr       69,200    107,700      48,100     57,600    124,000

  Annual        69,600     99,900      46,900     59,800    124,900

1994
  1st Qtr       77,300    113,900      49,800     67,300    104,600
  2nd Qtr       69,300    110,000      49,800     61,600    107,200
  3rd Qtr       70,700     98,400      47,600     63,400    114,600
  4th Qtr       72,800    108,600      61,200     61,900     98,200

  Annual        72,200    107,100      51,000     63,200    105,100

1995
  1st Qtr       77,800    100,000      55,400     65,200    143,200
  2nd Qtr       79,900     90,100      57,800     70,200    138,100
  3rd Qtr       77,200    107,000      65,500     64,700    100,000
  4th Qtr       75,200    114,100      65,700     62,200    119,100

  Annual        77,500    102,600      61,400     65,400    128,300

1996
  1st Qtr       80,600     93,300      69,600     67,500    128,600
  2nd Qtr       79,300    112,800      67,700     68,400    108,900
  3rd Qtr       82,800     98,200      62,000     72,300    123,200
  4th Qtr       81,500     92,400      63,600     71,500    123,100

  Annual        81,200     95,700      66,800     70,300    121,900

1997
  1st Qtr       87,900    117,200      86,400     73,900    110,300
  2nd Qtr       88,600    101,700      72,000     81,500    116,200
  3rd Qtr       87,300     93,500      83,900     74.700    127,700 
  4th Qtr       86,300     83,300      77,600     77,500    123,300

  Annual        87,700     97,700      79,800     77,000    119,200

1998
  1st Qtr       84,400     82,600      78,000     78,900    127,800
  2nd Qtr       85,600     96,100      73,500     78,500    121,300
  3rd Qtr       91,600     85,400      89,200     84,100    129,600
  4th Qtr       89,700     99,200      75,700     82,300    140,500

  Annual        87,800     88,200      79,400     81,300    131,600
  
1999
  1st Qtr       95,700    117,900      73,300     92,100    127,100  
  2nd Qtr       91,500    102,900      79,200     84,100    112,800
  3rd Qtr       84,700     86,800      83,000     73,300    119,900
  4th Qtr       83,800     86,200      80,400     72,500    136,200

  Annual        89,400     94,500      79,300     81,700    122,900

2000
  1st Qtr       85,300     89,700      77,800     76,100    113,900
  2nd Qtr       93,700     87,500      86,500     85,100    142,200
  3rd Qtr       89,200     82,300      85,100     84,700    134,300
  4th Qtr       93,800    123,700      94,400     85,200    126,100

  Annual        90,400     93,200      85,800     82,500    130,000

2001
  1st Qtr       91,600    114,800      90,400     81,200    128,000
  2nd Qtr       93,300    123,100      75,800     86,300    142,700
  3rd Qtr       91,100    134,500      85,900     80,100    153,400
  4th Qtr       97,100    100,000      90,500     87,300    143,700

  Annual        93,300    124,100      85,100     83,700    142,600

2002
  1st Qtr       99,500    108,300      92,800     91,400    146,200
  2nd Qtr      108,600    142,900      99,700     94,800    163,700
  3rd Qtr      118,400    122,700     117,200    102,600    155,800
  4th Qtr      115,200    140,000      94,000    100,300    181,100

  Annual       110,600    126,200      99,400     96,900    160,800

2002\r
  1st Qtr       99,800    113,000      93,600     91,700    149,200
  2nd Qtr      108,500    146,200     101,200     95,100    162,500
  3rd Qtr      118,700    120,500     119,800    103,100    155,300
  4th Qtr      115,400    138,000      94,000    100,800    181,000

  Annual       111,100    119,600      99,000     96,700    160,000
  
2003
  1st Qtr      108,900    136,700      89,600    103,000    167,000
  2nd Qtr      121,000    134,400      97,300    111,300    181,300 
  3rd Qtr      118,500    116,700      90,600    109,100    211,100 
  4th Qtr      120,900    160,000      97,300    109,000    170,800

  Annual       117,100    132,700      93,700    107,600    184,000

2004
  1st Qtr      126,700    232,100     111,000    111,700    183,600
  2nd Qtr      124,700    125,000     128,800     99,200    192,300
  3rd Qtr      113,600    135,000     115,000     94,000    178,400
  4th Qtr      121,800    123,500      82,900    122,900    206,200

  Annual       122,100    150,000     111,000    104,500    189,600
  
2005
  1st Qtr      122,500    170,800      96,000    115,800    208,000
  2nd Qtr      134,600    211,500     121,500    112,200    213,500
  3rd Qtr      150,700    255,000     135,800    133,200    310,200
  4th Qtr      150,000    195,800     126,500    135,900    308,300

  Annual       140,100    203,800     121,600    124,100    277,300

2006
  1st Qtr      159,500    197,800     138,100    144,600    281,800
  2nd Qtr      167,100    300,800     137,400    141,900    281,800
  3rd Qtr      174,400    294,100     115,600    163,100    302,600
  4th Qtr      173,300    239,600     138,800    148,200    308,100 

  Annual       168,800    257,500     132,500    149,100    296,900

2007
  1st Qtr      185,200    281,700     127,700    171,300    298,900
  2nd Qtr      201,500    265,600     124,100    197,900    347,800
  3rd Qtr      186,600    240,600     126,500    169,500    320,700
  4th Qtr      178,800    239,500     124,400    151,100    334,500

  Annual       187,600    255,900     126,200    172,700    323,300

2008
  1st Qtr      193,000    200,000     120,400    192,600    317,000  


Source:  Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey, Series H-111, 
         Bureau of the Census, Washington DC 20233.

rRevised.

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division