U.S. Housing Market Conditions, Third Quarter 2002: Historical Data, Table 6

Historical Data

Table 6. New Single-Family Home Sales: 1969–Present *

Period	Sold During Period					For Sale at End of Period						Months' Supply at Current U.S. Sales Rate
Period	U.S.	North-east	Mid-west	South	West	U.S.	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	U.S.	Months' Supply at Current U.S. Sales Rate
Annual Data
1969	448	62	97	175	114	228	39	52	85	53	NA	NA
1970	485	61	100	203	121	227	38	47	91	51	NA	NA
1971	656	82	127	270	176	294	45	55	131	63	NA	NA
1972	718	96	130	305	187	416	53	69	199	95	NA	NA
1973	634	95	120	257	161	422	59	81	181	102	NA	NA
1974	519	69	103	207	139	350	50	68	150	82	NA	NA
1975	549	71	106	222	150	316	43	66	133	74	NA	NA
1976	646	72	128	247	199	358	45	68	154	91	NA	NA
1977	819	86	162	317	255	408	44	73	168	123	NA	NA
1978	817	78	145	331	262	419	45	80	170	124	NA	NA
1979	709	67	112	304	225	402	42	74	172	114	NA	NA
1980	545	50	81	267	145	342	40	55	149	97	NA	NA
1981	436	46	60	219	112	278	41	34	127	76	NA	NA
1982	412	47	48	219	99	255	39	27	129	60	NA	NA
1983	623	76	71	323	152	304	42	33	149	79	NA	NA
1984	639	94	76	309	160	358	55	41	177	85	NA	NA
1985	688	112	82	323	171	350	66	34	172	79	NA	NA
1986	750	136	96	322	196	361	88	32	153	87	NA	NA
1987	671	117	97	271	186	370	103	39	149	79	NA	NA
1988	676	101	97	276	202	371	112	43	133	82	NA	NA
1989	650	86	102	260	202	366	108	41	123	93	NA	NA
1990	534	71	89	225	149	321	77	42	105	97	NA	NA
1991	509	57	93	215	144	284	62	41	97	83	NA	NA
1992	860	64	150	433	213	314	27	69	146	71	308	4.4
1993	937	67	176	483	211	313	27	70	144	72	309	4.0
1994	988	70	164	477	277	310	28	70	142	69	307	3.7
1995	667	55	125	300	187	374	62	69	158	86	NA	NA
1996	757	74	137	337	209	326	38	67	146	74	NA	NA
1997	804	78	140	363	223	287	26	65	127	69	NA	NA
1998	886	81	164	398	243	300	28	63	142	68	NA	NA
1999	880	76	168	395	242	315	28	64	153	70	NA	NA
2000	877	71	155	406	244	301	28	65	146	62	NA	NA
2001	908	66	164	439	239	310	28	70	142	69	NA	NA
Monthly Data											(Seasonally Adjusted)
(Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rates)							(Not Seasonally Adjusted)				(Seasonally Adjusted)
2001
July	881	71	156	425	229	306	24	63	148	70	306	4.2
August	871	63	150	426	232	310	25	67	149	69	308	4.3
September	856	52	163	430	211	310	26	68	146	70	310	4.4
October	865	65	151	436	213	314	27	69	146	71	308	4.4
November	938	67	176	483	212	313	27	70	144	72	308	4.0
December	979	68	165	468	278	310	28	70	142	69	308	3.7
2002
January	870	70	180	390	230	313	27	71	145	70	310	4.4
February	937	67	172	439	259	309	26	70	146	67	314	4.0
March	915	65	149	426	275	307	26	72	147	63	316	4.2
April	932	58	169	436	269	320	28	75	153	65	324	4.2
May	974	71	178	439	286	327	30	75	156	66	329	4.1
June	947	68	158	434	287	328	30	77	157	64	329	4.2
July	952	64	187	451	250	334	31	78	158	66	331	4.2
August	1,017	52	194	499	272	332	33	79	155	65	330	3.9
September	1,021	101	186	456	278	334	32	80	157	64	332	4.0

*Components may not add to totals because of rounding. Units in thousands.

Sources: Census Bureau, Department of Commerce; and Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD

http://www.census.gov/const/www/newressalesindex.html

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