National home price index
336.66
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, a repeat-sales index of U.S. single-family home prices.
FRED · CSUSHPINSA · CSUSHPINSAINVESTUSCA / RESEARCH / MACRO
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National home price index
336.66
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, a repeat-sales index of U.S. single-family home prices.
FRED · CSUSHPINSA · CSUSHPINSAFHFA house price index
719.87
FHFA all-transactions house price index for the United States; it tracks repeated home-price movements and is not an address-level appraisal.
FRED · USSTHPI · USSTHPIExisting home sales
3,980,000
Existing single-family homes, condos, and co-ops sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate; it is a transaction-volume signal, not a price forecast.
FRED · EXHOSLUSM495S · EXHOSLUSM495SHousing affordability index
104.7
National Association of Realtors fixed-rate housing affordability index; values reflect the relationship between a representative family's income and the income needed to qualify for a mortgage.
FRED · FIXHAI · FIXHAIRent CPI
449.32
Consumer Price Index for rent of primary residence; an inflation index, not a market asking-rent estimate.
FRED · CUSR0000SEHA · CUSR0000SEHAShelter CPI
430.23
Consumer Price Index for shelter in U.S. city average; a broad housing-cost inflation signal, not a market asking-rent estimate.
FRED · CUSR0000SAH1 · CUSR0000SAH1Owners' equivalent rent
443.71
Consumer Price Index for owners' equivalent rent of residences; an imputed housing-cost index, not a cash rent or property valuation.
FRED · CUSR0000SEHC · CUSR0000SEHCRental vacancy rate
7.3%
Rental vacancy rate for the United States published through FRED; a national quarterly context signal, not a current submarket vacancy rate.
FRED · RRVRUSQ156N · RRVRUSQ156N30-year mortgage rate
6.95%
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage.
FRED · MORTGAGE30US · MORTGAGE30US15-year mortgage rate
6.26%
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey average rate for a 15-year fixed-rate mortgage; a financing context signal, not a personalized quote.
FRED · MORTGAGE15US · MORTGAGE15USEffective federal funds rate
3.63%
Effective federal funds rate, the overnight interbank rate context that influences broader financing conditions.
FRED · FEDFUNDS · FEDFUNDSHousehold debt service ratio
11.16%
Required household debt payments as a share of disposable personal income; a broad household balance-sheet pressure indicator.
FRED · TDSP · TDSPMonths of housing supply
9.6
New houses for sale measured as months of supply at the current sales pace; it is a national supply signal, not an address-level inventory count.
FRED · MSACSR · MSACSRExisting-home inventory
1,620,000
Existing homes listed as active inventory or pending sales, reported as a not-seasonally-adjusted national count.
FRED · HOSINVUSM495N · HOSINVUSM495NBuilding permits
1,394
New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, shown as a seasonally adjusted annual rate in thousands of units.
FRED · PERMIT · PERMITHousing starts
1,275
New privately owned housing units started, shown as a seasonally adjusted annual rate in thousands of units.
FRED · HOUST · HOUSTSingle-family starts
918
New privately owned one-unit housing starts, shown as a seasonally adjusted annual rate in thousands of units.
FRED · HOUST1F · HOUST1F5+ unit starts
344
New privately owned housing starts in buildings with five or more units, shown as a seasonally adjusted annual rate in thousands of units.
FRED · HOUST5F · HOUST5FU.S. unemployment rate
4.1%
National civilian unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics series published through FRED.
FRED · UNRATE · UNRATENonfarm payroll employment
159,075
Total nonfarm payroll employment, reported in thousands of jobs; it is a broad labor-demand context indicator.
FRED · PAYEMS · PAYEMSLabor force participation
61.6%
Civilian labor force participation rate for the U.S. population age 16 and over.
FRED · CIVPART · CIVPARTConsumer sentiment
55.2
University of Michigan consumer sentiment index; it captures household attitudes and is not a housing-demand measure by itself.
FRED · UMCSENT · UMCSENTReal gross domestic product
24,270
Inflation-adjusted value of goods and services produced in the United States, reported at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
FRED · GDPC1 · GDPC1NATIONAL TREND
latest
336.7
S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index, a repeat-sales index of U.S. single-family home prices.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · FRED · CSUSHPINSANATIONAL TREND
latest
7%
Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey average rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · FRED · MORTGAGE30USNATIONAL TREND
latest
9.6
New houses for sale measured as months of supply at the current sales pace; it is a national supply signal, not an address-level inventory count.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · FRED · MSACSRNATIONAL TREND
latest
449.3
Consumer Price Index for rent of primary residence; an inflation index, not a market asking-rent estimate.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · FRED · CUSR0000SEHANATIONAL TREND
latest
4.1%
National civilian unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics series published through FRED.
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis · FRED · UNRATEContext only—not investment, tax, legal, lending, or real-estate advice.
FRED series keep their own published frequencies; the indicators are shown together for context, not combined into a single score.
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