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Monetary Policy Report submitted to the Congress on July 18, 2007, pursuant to section 2B of the Federal Reserve Act

Table for figure of Change in Prices of Existing Single-family Houses, 1984-2007
Percent
Period Repeat-
transactions
index
Average price
1984:Q1 3.71 ND
1984:Q2 4.36 ND
1984:Q3 4.63 ND
1984:Q4 5.47 ND
1985:Q1 5.36 ND
1985:Q2 5.34 ND
1985:Q3 6.23 ND
1985:Q4 6.51 ND
1986:Q1 7.05 ND
1986:Q2 7.61 ND
1986:Q3 7.65 ND
1986:Q4 8.16 ND
1987:Q1 8.38 ND
1987:Q2 8.09 ND
1987:Q3 7.77 ND
1987:Q4 6.79 ND
1988:Q1 6.35 ND
1988:Q2 6.58 ND
1988:Q3 6.08 ND
1988:Q4 6.21 ND
1989:Q1 5.75 ND
1989:Q2 4.91 ND
1989:Q3 6.15 ND
1989:Q4 6.04 ND
1990:Q1 5.08 2.64
1990:Q2 3.67 2.16
1990:Q3 1.70 0.08
1990:Q4 0.26 -1.80
1991:Q1 0.60 3.86
1991:Q2 0.96 8.22
1991:Q3 0.54 9.47
1991:Q4 1.73 10.01
1992:Q1 1.74 4.66
1992:Q2 1.56 1.02
1992:Q3 2.49 0.10
1992:Q4 2.27 1.93
1993:Q1 0.97 -0.64
1993:Q2 2.31 1.63
1993:Q3 2.32 2.92
1993:Q4 2.36 3.28
1994:Q1 3.37 4.77
1994:Q2 3.39 3.61
1994:Q3 3.26 3.43
1994:Q4 2.65 1.93
1995:Q1 2.28 0.44
1995:Q2 2.21 0.24
1995:Q3 2.44 2.49
1995:Q4 2.47 3.01
1996:Q1 3.18 4.65
1996:Q2 3.27 5.72
1996:Q3 3.01 4.07
1996:Q4 3.06 3.89
1997:Q1 2.67 4.73
1997:Q2 2.93 5.39
1997:Q3 3.06 6.37
1997:Q4 3.41 7.49
1998:Q1 4.06 6.24
1998:Q2 4.52 6.74
1998:Q3 5.09 5.22
1998:Q4 5.66 4.50
1999:Q1 5.89 5.94
1999:Q2 6.01 5.23
1999:Q3 6.24 6.29
1999:Q4 6.17 5.80
2000:Q1 6.52 5.59
2000:Q2 6.78 4.51
2000:Q3 6.90 4.44
2000:Q4 7.24 5.35
2001:Q1 7.32 3.59
2001:Q2 7.35 4.97
2001:Q3 7.43 5.56
2001:Q4 7.25 4.72
2002:Q1 7.09 8.81
2002:Q2 7.32 9.42
2002:Q3 7.82 8.12
2002:Q4 8.32 9.89
2003:Q1 8.40 5.87
2003:Q2 8.17 6.52
2003:Q3 8.15 7.76
2003:Q4 8.44 7.88
2004:Q1 8.87 8.35
2004:Q2 9.47 9.71
2004:Q3 10.00 8.53
2004:Q4 10.25 9.35
2005:Q1 10.42 9.72
2005:Q2 10.93 8.88
2005:Q3 10.90 10.35
2005:Q4 10.65 9.07
2006:Q1 10.04 5.65
2006:Q2 8.39 2.63
2006:Q3 6.08 -0.95
2006:Q4 4.31 -1.89
2007:Q1 2.97 -1.35
2007:Q2 ND -0.79

Note: The data are quarterly, and changes are from one year earlier. The repeat-transactions index extends through 2007:Q1. For the years preceding 1991, that index includes appraisals associated with mortgage refinancings; beginning in 1991, it includes purchase transactions only. The data for average price extend through 2007:Q2, and the reading for Q2 is the average for April and May compared with the same period one year earlier.

Source: For repeat transactions, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight; for average price, National Association of Realtors.

ND No data.

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