U.S. Housing Market Conditions, First 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
January	938	56	173	438	271	298	28	64	145	61	295	3.8
February	959	74	168	435	282	291	27	63	143	59	295	3.7
March	953	77	184	451	241	286	25	61	139	61	289	3.7
April	899	71	163	424	241	288	23	60	142	62	293	3.9
May	882	55	152	439	236	293	24	60	143	65	296	4.1
June	889	61	170	423	235	302	24	63	147	68	301	4.2
July	877	70	155	423	229	306	24	63	148	70	307	4.2
August	871	64	150	426	231	310	25	67	149	69	309	4.3
September	854	52	162	429	211	310	26	68	146	70	310	4.4
October	860	64	150	433	213	314	27	69	146	71	308	4.4
November	937	67	176	483	211	313	27	70	144	72	309	4.0
December	988	70	164	477	277	310	28	70	142	69	307	3.7
2002
Jan	853	70	174	383	226	312	27	71	145	69	310	4.4
Feb	906	68	166	432	240	306	26	69	145	66	310	4.1
Mar	878	65	134	431	248	304	26	70	145	63	311	4.3

*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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