Validated annual record

1997 national new-home market

A completed annual record used by the private historical calculator, with source coverage and methodology boundaries visible.

Annual median new-home sale price: $146,000Official Census/HUD annual median row
Annual average 30-year rate: 7.60%52 observations
CPI-U index: 160.517annual average
Mortgage-rate coverage: Jan 3, 1997through Dec 26, 1997

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A transparent input, not a verdict

The price is the official annual median sales price of new houses sold, not an existing-home benchmark and not an average of monthly medians. The mortgage rate is the arithmetic mean of the weekly observations shown for this calendar year.

Whether this year produces a lower or higher estimated principal-and-interest burden depends on a private current income and down-payment input. No personalized value appears in this public page or its structured data.

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