Background bands mark who was president. They are not an attribution of cause. Presidents do not solely control these metrics. Monthly points use the president in office on the first day of the month. Calendar year points use the president in office on July 1. Fiscal year points use the president in office on October 1, the first day of that fiscal year. A fiscal year runs through the following September 30 and can include two presidents.

Median sales price

Units: Dollars, nominal. Nominal. not inflation-adjusted.

Sales Price of New Privately-Owned Houses Sold. United States. Note: The sales price includes the land. New privately owned houses sold. This is not the price of existing homes.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Sales Price of New Privately-Owned Houses Sold. Retrieved 2026-10-19. Series: www.census.gov/construction/nrs/data/series.html

Median sales price, CPI-U adjusted

Units: 1982-84 dollars. Inflation-adjusted. inflation-adjusted with CPI-U, base 1982-84=100.

Median sales price times 100, divided by the CPI-U all-items annual average for that year. CPI-U base is 1982-84=100. Rounded half up to cents. Census does not publish this adjusted series.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Sales Price of New Privately-Owned Houses Sold. Retrieved 2026-10-19. Series: www.census.gov/construction/nrs/data/series.html