State and Metropolitan Statistical Area Data

REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Curve and Score (RADCS)

This metric measures housing affordability at different income percentiles for all active inventory on the market. For each state and the 100 largest metropolitan areas, REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Curve shows how many houses are affordable to households ranked by income while REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Score is the measure, which is intended to represent affordability for all different income levels in a single measure.

State-by-State Economic Impact of Real Estate Activity

These reports outline the total economic impact of real estate related industries on the state economy, as well as the expenditures that result from a single home sale, including aspects like home construction costs, real estate brokerage, mortgage lending, and title insurance.

State Economic Data for Engaging in International Real Estate

These reports contain information on population demographics, employment, household income, educational attainment, immigration and naturalization trends, non-immigrant foreign visitors to the state, top export and import trade partners, and employment in U.S. affiliates of foreign companies.

Commercial Real Estate Local Market Reports

The reports include economic, demographic, and commercial market data that provide REALTORS® with information on the factors driving commercial real estate transactions in 52 markets.

Home Buyers by Metropolitan Statistical Area

NAR created the profile of homebuyers for each metropolitan area. The following reports cover information on demographics and housing characteristics of the purchased homes. These reports respond to who was the typical homebuyer and what homes they typically buy in each of these metropolitan areas. The information provided helps to gain insight into trends of homeownership at the local level.

Home Sellers by Metropolitan Statistical Area

NAR created the profile of home sellers for each metropolitan area. The following reports cover information on demographics and housing characteristics of those who have owned their homes for 9 years (potential sellers). The information provided helps to gain insight into the trends of homeownership at the local level.

Housing Shortage Tracker

This measure computes how many new permits are issued for every new job for 178 metro areas.

Local Market Reports

These reports provide insights into the fundamentals and direction of the nation’s largest metro areas. Each report evaluates a number of factors affecting home prices, including the health of the local job market, foreclosure rates, housing inventory, debt-to-income, and mortgage-servicing-costs-to-income ratios.

Metro Area Housing Wealth Gains

Homeownership is the largest source of wealth among households, and contributes positively to the homeowner's and children's economic condition because the home equity can be tapped for other expenditures.

Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability

NAR's quarterly Metropolitan Median Area Prices and Affordability report provides a breakdown of condo and co-op prices by metro market.

REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Curve and Score (RADCS)

This metric measures housing affordability at different income percentiles for all active inventory on the market. For each state and the 100 largest metropolitan areas, REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Curve shows how many houses are affordable to households ranked by income while REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Score is the measure, which is intended to represent affordability for all different income levels in a single measure.

County Median Home Prices and Monthly Mortgage Payment

We calculate the median home values for 3,119 counties and county-equivalents in the United States applying the House Price Index growth from FHFA to the latest housing data from the ACS.

The URLs in the spreadsheet below link to NAR state and local association website pages containing data about their markets.

Addressing Your Community’s Housing Supply & Affordability Needs

We raise awareness about underproduction and provide a list of solutions to consider in addressing local housing supply shortage.

Please note: NAR's state and congressional district reports have been discontinued.