U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Historical context only
1971 national new-home market
A partial mortgage-rate record retained for historical context and excluded from every completed-year ranking.
- Annual median new-home sale price
- $25,200Official Census/HUD annual median row
- 30-year rate context
- 7.54%40 observations
- CPI-U index
- 40.492annual average
- Mortgage-rate coverage
- Apr 2, 1971through Dec 31, 1971
What this record can say
A transparent input, not a verdict
Freddie Mac's PMMS history begins on April 2, 1971. The displayed rate therefore cannot stand in for a complete calendar-year average, so 1971 never enters best, hardest, or other completed-year rankings.
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Sources for this record
Freddie Mac
Primary Mortgage Market Survey historical weekly data
weekly observations through 2026-07-30U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics