New Residential Sales (SOLD, MEDIAN) · Median sales price of new single-family houses sold, not seasonally adjusted
What is the median price of a new house sold in the United States?
The median sales price of a new single-family house was $400,400 in the month ended , down 3.9% from a year earlier.
Median sales price of new houses, not seasonally adjusted, each month
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Median sales price of new houses, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to , to , to , to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Median sales price of new houses | $400,400 | $385,400 | $416,800 | $398,500 | $314,800 |
| Change over a year | −3.9% | −7.8% | −1.0% | +20.0% | +5.1% |
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Observed .
Right now
The median sales price of a new single-family house was $400,400 in September 2026, the highest since June 2026.
Over a year it is down 3.9% (ours).
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | $385,400 in | +3.9% |
| Three months | $410,200 in | −2.4% |
| Twelve months | $416,800 in | −3.9% |
| Five years | $398,500 in | +0.5% |
| Ten years | $314,800 in | +27.2% |
In historyOurs
The median sales price of a new single-family house of $400,400 in was higher than in 709 of the 764 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 55.
Highest since : $460,300 in . Lowest since : $17,200 in .
AverageOurs
Average since : $162,707.1 (ours, a plain mean of the 765 months).
Understanding the median sales price of a new single-family house
Where it stands today
The median sales price of a new single-family house was $400,400 in September 2026.
What does the median sales price of a new single-family house measure?
The median sales price is the price in the middle of all the new single-family houses sold in the month: half sold for more and half for less. The Census Bureau estimates it from the same monthly sample as the number of new houses sold.
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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, and the highest and lowest value since the series begins.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the median sales price of a new single-family house in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1963
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| $400,400 | −3.9% | |
| $385,400 | −7.8% | |
| $394,200 | −0.8% | |
| $410,200 | +0.2% | |
| $414,300 | −2.5% | |
| $415,700 | +0.5% | |
| $398,700 | −3.4% | |
| $412,000 | −0.7% | |
| $416,200 | −3.1% | |
| $429,100 | +1.4% | |
| $402,500 | +1.2% | |
| $404,200 | −5.2% | |
| $416,800 | −1.0% | |
| $417,900 | +3.0% | |
| $397,300 | −7.4% | |
| $409,200 | −1.2% | |
| $424,800 | +2.5% | |
| $413,600 | −0.4% | |
| $412,900 | −5.4% | |
| $415,100 | −1.4% | |
| $429,600 | −0.2% | |
| $423,000 | +1.1% | |
| $397,600 | −7.4% | |
| $426,300 | +2.1% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| $421,100 | −1.2% | |
| $405,800 | −8.0% | |
| $429,000 | −1.6% | |
| $414,000 | −0.9% | |
| $414,300 | −1.6% | |
| $415,300 | −0.5% | |
| $436,400 | −0.6% | |
| $420,900 | −2.9% | |
| $430,400 | +5.4% | |
| $418,300 | −2.2% | |
| $429,600 | +0.4% | |
| $417,500 | −9.3% | |
| $426,100 | −1.9% | |
| $440,900 | +2.1% | |
| $435,800 | −1.6% | |
| $417,600 | −3.3% | |
| $421,200 | −1.9% | |
| $417,200 | −5.1% | |
| $438,900 | +4.5% | |
| $433,300 | +7.7% | |
| $408,200 | −1.3% | |
| $427,900 | +4.2% | |
| $427,700 | +1.9% | |
| $460,300 | +10.4% | |
| $434,200 | +9.0% | |
| $431,900 | +7.3% | |
| $442,900 | +15.0% | |
| $431,700 | +19.6% | |
| $429,400 | +15.2% | |
| $439,500 | +20.6% | |
| $420,100 | +22.6% | |
| $402,300 | +14.5% | |
| $413,600 | +16.6% | |
| $410,600 | +21.0% | |
| $419,600 | +25.8% | |
| $416,800 | +24.4% | |
| $398,500 | +20.0% | |
| $402,700 | +25.3% | |
| $385,000 | +20.2% | |
| $361,100 | +10.9% | |
| $372,700 | +18.0% | |
| $364,400 | +17.7% | |
| $342,700 | +4.4% | |
| $351,400 | +5.9% | |
| $354,800 | +7.9% | |
| $339,300 | +3.0% | |
| $333,600 | +1.7% | |
| $335,000 | +3.9% | |
| $332,200 | +5.2% | |
| $321,400 | −1.7% | |
| $320,400 | +3.9% | |
| $325,500 | +4.4% | |
| $315,900 | +1.0% | |
| $309,500 | −8.7% | |
| $328,200 | +5.7% | |
| $331,800 | +3.4% | |
| $328,900 | +7.7% | |
| $329,500 | −0.1% | |
| $328,000 | +6.3% | |
| $322,400 | −1.8% | |
| $315,700 | −3.8% | |
| $327,000 | +1.7% | |
| $308,300 | −5.9% | |
| $311,800 | +0.4% | |
| $312,700 | −1.3% | |
| $339,000 | +7.8% | |
| $310,600 | −7.4% | |
| $320,800 | −2.0% | |
| $305,400 | −7.3% | |
| $329,700 | −4.0% | |
| $308,500 | −10.2% | |
| $328,300 | +2.8% | |
| $328,300 | −1.0% | |
| $321,400 | +2.3% | |
| $327,500 | +1.4% | |
| $310,500 | −1.5% | |
| $316,700 | −2.1% | |
| $314,400 | +1.1% | |
| $335,400 | +4.3% | |
| $327,200 | +9.8% | |
| $329,600 | +4.6% | |
| $343,300 | +5.0% | |
| $343,400 | +9.0% | |
| $319,500 | +5.5% | |
| $331,500 | +5.3% | |
| $314,200 | +5.1% | |
| $322,900 | +8.6% | |
| $315,200 | +1.3% | |
| $323,600 | +9.6% | |
| $311,100 | −2.3% | |
| $321,700 | +6.1% | |
| $298,000 | −2.6% | |
| $315,200 | +9.3% | |
| $327,000 | +10.1% | |
| $315,000 | +0.8% | |
| $302,800 | +1.6% |
What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- The value comes from a sample of new houses, so it carries sampling error, which is large for a single month; the Census Bureau publishes its size and revises earlier months in later releases.
- The price is the price at which the contract was signed, for houses that differ from month to month in size, kind and place. It does not measure the change in the price of a given house, which the house price index does.
- The Census Bureau does not adjust this series for the season.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values the Census Bureau publishes; a change is in percent.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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How to cite this
U.S. Census Bureau, Economic Indicators. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau., Median sales price of new single-family houses sold, not seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the median price of a new house sold in the United States?", https://500metrics.com/new-home-median-price.
Can the data be downloaded?new-home-median-price.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 765 rows, to , 14,570 bytes.
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.
Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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