U.S.

New Home Sales and House Price Index

by Eduardo Petazze
Last update: October 26, 2015
The housing prices are growing in 2015 at a slower pace than last year.
A strong growth of new housing units sold is forecast for 2015/2016.
US Census releases monthly data New Residential Sales of single-family houses and average prices associated.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) publishes the House Price Indices (HPI) of housing using home
sales price information from mortgages sold to, or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The following summary brings in a table data on prices and price indices of housing, and separate data table for new
family housing units sold and pending sale. Projections for the remainder of 2015 and prospects for 2016 are included

Sales Price of New Houses Sold and House Prices Index

Sales Price of new houses sold
FHFA House Price Indexes, U.S. Purchase-Only
[Dollars]
Index Nov1991=100
Median
YoY
Avg.
YoY
NSA
YoY
SA
YoY
2007
$243,742 0.3% $308,775 1.7%
224.81
0.1%
223.49
0.1%
2008
$230,408 -5.5% $288,917 -6.4%
207.03
-7.9%
205.78
-7.9%
2009
$214,500 -6.9% $268,233 -7.2%
195.46
-5.6%
194.22
-5.6%
2010
$221,242 3.1% $271,517 1.2%
189.89
-2.8%
188.62
-2.9%
2011
$224,317 1.4% $263,350 -3.0%
182.32
-4.0%
181.03
-4.0%
2012
$242,108 7.9% $285,392 8.4%
188.28
3.3%
186.91
3.2%
2013
$265,092 9.5% $319,275 11.9%
202.45
7.5%
200.92
7.5%
2014
$283,775 7.0% $343,183 7.5%
213.83
5.6%
212.14
5.6%
2015
$299,025 5.4% $357,308 4.1%
225.20
5.3%
225.20
6.2%
2016
$312,767 4.6% $368,825 3.2%
237.32
5.4%
237.32
5.4%
Latest data Supply in months
Own estimate
Annual

Period

Sales Price of new houses sold

[Dollars]

Median
YoY
Jan-2014
$269,800 7.3%
Feb-2014
$268,400 1.2%
Mar-2014
$282,300 9.6%
Apr-2014
$274,500 -1.7%
May-2014
$285,600 8.3%
Jun-2014
$287,000 10.5%
Jul-2014
$280,400 6.9%
Aug-2014
$291,700 14.3%
Sep-2014
$261,500 -3.1%
Oct-2014
$299,400 13.3%
Nov-2014
$302,700 9.2%
Dec-2014
$302,000 9.6%
Jan-2015
$292,000 8.2%
Feb-2015
$293,900 9.5%
Mar-2015
$293,400 3.9%
Apr-2015
$292,700 6.6%
May-2015
$287,400 0.6%
Jun-2015
$289,200 0.8%
Jul-2015
$296,400 5.7%
Aug-2015
$289,100 -0.9%
Sep-2015
$296,900 13.5%
Oct-2015
$320,300 7.0%
Nov-2015
$319,900 5.7%
Latest data Supply in months
Own estimate

Avg.
$337,300
$325,900
$331,500
$325,100
$323,500
$338,100
$345,200
$356,200
$319,100
$384,000
$358,800
$373,500
$356,000
$355,900
$352,700
$334,700
$340,800
$329,300
$343,100
$343,000
$364,100
$405,700
$375,800

YoY
9.9%
4.3%
10.4%
-3.5%
3.0%
10.5%
4.6%
14.6%
-0.7%
14.4%
6.9%
16.3%
5.5%
9.2%
6.4%
3.0%
5.3%
-2.6%
-0.6%
-3.7%
14.1%
5.7%
4.7%

FHFA House Price Indexes, U.S. Purchase-Only

Index Nov1991=100
NSA
205.26
206.71
209.33
211.49
214.27
216.67
217.36
217.32
216.35
216.60
217.13
217.41
215.88
218.06
220.81
223.41
226.85
228.72
229.96
229.36
225.70
227.12
228.09

YoY
7.3%
7.1%
6.4%
6.0%
5.5%
5.3%
4.9%
5.0%
4.6%
4.7%
5.3%
5.5%
5.2%
5.5%
5.5%
5.6%
5.9%
5.6%
5.8%
5.5%
4.3%
4.9%
5.0%

SA
207.77
208.60
209.62
210.03
210.54
211.48
212.07
213.17
213.66
214.76
216.22
217.75
218.49
220.00
220.96
221.78
222.83
223.19
224.32
224.93
228.34
230.64
232.54

MoM
0.7%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.2%
0.4%
0.3%
0.5%
0.2%
0.5%
0.7%
0.7%
0.3%
0.7%
0.4%
0.4%
0.5%
0.2%
0.5%
0.3%
1.5%
1.0%
0.8%

New Single-family Sold and for Sale (in thousands of units)

New Home Sales Single-family [units]
Annual
NSA
SAAR
(000) units YoY
(000) units YoY
2007
776
-26.2%
769
-26.7%
2008
485
-37.5%
482
-37.3%
2009
374
-22.9%
374
-22.4%
2010
322
-13.9%
321
-14.2%
2011
305
-5.3%
306
-4.6%
2012
369
21.0%
368
20.1%
2013
429
16.3%
430
16.8%
2014
439
2.3%
440
2.3%
2015
505
15.0%
506
14.9%
2016
559
10.7%
559
10.5%
Latest data Supply in months
Own estimate

Single-family for Sale

NSA
SA
(000) units Supply (000) units
YoY
Supply
531
8.22
531
-4.0% 8.29
426
10.53
426
-19.9% 10.59
279
8.95
279
-34.5% 8.94
211
7.88
211
-24.2% 7.89
167
6.59
167
-20.8% 6.55
146
4.74
146
-12.8% 4.75
169
4.72
168
15.4% 4.70
200
5.47
200
18.7% 5.45
217
5.16
217
8.7% 5.16
237
5.09
237
9.1% 5.09

New Home Sales Single-family [units]

Period
NSA
SAAR
(000) units YoY
(000) units MoM
Jan-2014
33
3.1%
446
1.1%
Feb-2014
35
-2.8%
417
-6.5%
Mar-2014
39
-4.9%
410
-1.7%
Apr-2014
39
-9.3%
410
0.0%
May-2014
43
7.5%
457
11.5%
Jun-2014
38
-11.6%
408
-10.7%
Jul-2014
35
6.1%
403
-1.2%
Aug-2014
36
16.1%
454
12.7%
Sep-2014
37
19.4%
459
1.1%
Oct-2014
38
5.6%
472
2.8%
Nov-2014
31
-3.1%
449
-4.9%
Dec-2014
35
12.9%
495
10.2%
Jan-2015
39
18.2%
521
5.3%
Feb-2015
45
28.6%
545
4.6%
Mar-2015
46
17.9%
485
-11.0%
Apr-2015
48
23.1%
508
4.7%
May-2015
47
9.3%
513
1.0%
Jun-2015
44
15.8%
469
-8.6%
Jul-2015
43
22.9%
503
7.2%
Aug-2015
43
19.4%
529
5.2%
Sep-2015
36
-2.7%
468
-11.5%
Oct-2015
40
5.3%
495
5.8%
Nov-2015
36
16.1%
500
1.0%
Dec-2015
38
8.6%
530
6.0%
Latest data Supply in months
Own estimate

Single-family for Sale at the end of the period

NSA
SA
(000) units Supply (000) units MoM
Supply
188
5.70
189
1.1% 5.09
185
5.29
188
-0.5% 5.41
187
4.79
190
1.1% 5.56
188
4.82
191
0.5% 5.59
191
4.44
194
1.6% 5.09
197
5.18
198
2.1% 5.82
206
5.89
204
3.0% 6.07
209
5.81
205
0.5% 5.42
213
5.76
209
2.0% 5.46
213
5.61
208
-0.5% 5.29
212
6.84
210
1.0% 5.61
212
6.06
212
1.0% 5.14
206
5.28
208
-1.9% 4.79
201
4.47
204
-1.9% 4.49
202
4.39
205
0.5% 5.07
205
4.27
207
1.0% 4.89
207
4.40
210
1.4% 4.91
216
4.91
217
3.3% 5.55
219
5.09
217
0.0% 5.18
219
5.09
216
-0.5% 4.90
230
6.39
225
4.2% 5.77
230
5.75
226
0.4% 5.48
235
6.53
234
3.5% 5.62
235
6.18
237
1.3% 5.37

Note: The projections do not take into account the effect on the real estate market of potential adjustments to
the federal funds rate by the Fed.