Historical Data

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Table 19. Expenditures for Existing Residential Properties: 1968-Present

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¹Maintenance and repairs are incidental costs that keep a property in ordinary working condition.
²Additions and alterations to property outside the structure include walks, driveways, walls, fences, pools, garages, sheds, etc.
³Additions refer to actual enlargements of the structure.
⁴Alterations refer to changes or improvements made within or on the structure.
⁵Major replacements are relatively expensive and are not considered repairs and include furnaces, boilers, roof replacement, central air conditioning, etc.
Source: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/const/www/c50index.html

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Table 20. Value of New Construction Put in Place, Private Residential Buildings: 1974-Present

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Source: Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce
http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/const/www/c30index.html

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Table 21. Gross Domestic Product and Residential Fixed Investment: 1959-Present

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Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Department of Commerce
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/newsrel/gdptabs.txt

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Table 22. Net Change in Number of Households by Age of Householder: 1971-Present*

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*Units in thousands.
^rImplementation of new March CPS processing system.
¹Data from 1971 to 1979 weighted based on the 1970 decennial census.
²Data from 1980 to 1992 weighted based on the 1980 decennial census.
³Beginning in 1993 CPS data weighted based on the 1990 decennial census.
Source: Current Population Survey, Bureau of the Census
Note: The source of annual data is the Current Population Survey March Supplement. The quarterly data source is the monthly Current Population Survey/Housing Vacancy Survey.

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