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🏠 Median price of a house sold by Year (1963–2025)
In 1963 it cost $18,100 (median sale price). In 2025 it was $415,400, and the latest figure (Q3 2026) is $393,300. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 1963 and most expensive in 2022.
Price at the timeIn today's money
| Year | Price then | In today's money |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $415,400 | $434,750 |
| 2024 | $419,000 | $450,057 |
| 2023 | $426,500 | $471,624 |
| 2022 | $433,000 | $498,522 |
| 2021 | $383,000 | $476,245 |
| 2020 | $328,200 | $427,276 |
| 2019 | $320,300 | $422,135 |
| 2018 | $325,300 | $436,494 |
| 2017 | $322,400 | $443,168 |
| 2016 | $305,100 | $428,322 |
| 2015 | $294,200 | $418,231 |
| 2014 | $285,800 | $406,771 |
| 2013 | $266,200 | $385,021 |
| 2012 | $244,400 | $358,669 |
| 2011 | $224,900 | $336,882 |
| 2010 | $222,700 | $344,116 |
| 2009 | $215,700 | $338,767 |
| 2008 | $229,600 | $359,314 |
| 2007 | $245,000 | $398,136 |
| 2006 | $243,800 | $407,486 |
| 2005 | $236,600 | $408,209 |
| 2004 | $218,200 | $389,237 |
| 2003 | $192,100 | $351,853 |
| 2002 | $186,000 | $348,413 |
| 2001 | $173,100 | $329,391 |
| 2000 | $167,600 | $327,939 |
| 1999 | $160,100 | $323,843 |
| 1998 | $151,900 | $313,980 |
| 1997 | $145,000 | $304,368 |
| 1996 | $140,300 | $301,388 |
| 1995 | $133,500 | $295,187 |
| 1994 | $130,400 | $296,421 |
| 1993 | $126,500 | $295,054 |
| 1992 | $121,400 | $291,515 |
| 1991 | $120,000 | $296,881 |
| 1990 | $122,300 | $315,386 |
| 1989 | $120,400 | $327,245 |
| 1988 | $112,200 | $319,680 |
| 1987 | $104,700 | $310,474 |
| 1986 | $92,000 | $282,812 |
| 1985 | $84,300 | $264,059 |
| 1984 | $80,000 | $259,477 |
| 1983 | $75,400 | $255,073 |
| 1982 | $69,200 | $241,619 |
| 1981 | $69,000 | $255,693 |
| 1980 | $64,800 | $264,947 |
| 1979 | $62,800 | $291,558 |
| 1978 | $55,900 | $288,733 |
| 1977 | $48,900 | $271,851 |
| 1976 | $44,200 | $261,699 |
| 1975 | $39,300 | $246,051 |
| 1974 | $36,100 | $246,685 |
| 1973 | $32,600 | $247,393 |
| 1972 | $27,500 | $221,581 |
| 1971 | $25,200 | $209,693 |
| 1970 | $23,500 | $203,943 |
| 1969 | $25,600 | $235,141 |
| 1968 | $24,800 | $240,236 |
| 1967 | $22,800 | $230,297 |
| 1966 | $21,500 | $223,187 |
| 1965 | $20,100 | $214,945 |
| 1964 | $18,900 | $205,312 |
| 1963 | $18,100 | $199,138 |
How to read this
“Price then” is the average for that year. “In today's money” converts it to Sep 2026 dollars with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so you can see whether house really got pricier or the dollar just shrank.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau & HUD, Median Sales Price of Houses Sold (series MSPUS). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.
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