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Real Estate statistics for investors (2026)
WealthyBud publishes 23 real estate statistics articles covering home prices, inventory, construction, rents, ownership, migration and natural-disaster risk across 950 U.S. metros. Every figure is computed from public government and industry data or quoted from a named primary source, with its as-of date on the page.
Prices & sales
U.S. Housing Market Statistics (2026)
Key U.S. housing-market numbers for 2026 — prices, inventory, mortgage rates and yields across 950 metros, from public data.
Read Real Estate · 8 minHousing Affordability Statistics (2026)
Price-to-income ratios for U.S. metros in 2026 — the least and most affordable housing markets, computed from public income and price data.
Read Real Estate · 9 minProperty Tax Statistics (2026)
Effective property-tax rates across U.S. metros and the yearly bill on a median-priced home, computed from Census data and current listing prices.
Read Real Estate · 9 minHome Price Appreciation Statistics (2026)
How fast U.S. home prices have grown over one, five and ten years across hundreds of metros, from FHFA and listing data.
Read Real Estate · 9 minMortgage Rate Statistics (2026)
Mortgage rate history since 1971 — record highs and lows, decade averages, the 15-year spread and what today's rate means for monthly payments.
Read Real Estate · 9 minHome Sales Statistics (2026)
Homes sold, sale-to-list ratios and pending sales across U.S. metros, from Redfin and Realtor.com data.
Read Real Estate · 9 minPrice Reduction Statistics (2026)
The share of home listings with price cuts across U.S. metros in 2026, where reductions are most common, and what they signal.
Read Real Estate · 9 minHome Price Forecast Statistics (2026)
WealthyBud's transparent 12-month listing-price outlook across scored U.S. metros, set beside published industry forecasts.
Read Real Estate · 9 minPrice Per Square Foot Statistics (2026)
Median listing price per square foot and home sizes across U.S. metros and states, with the most and least expensive markets per foot.
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Housing Inventory Statistics (2026)
Active and new listings across U.S. metros, how inventory compares with 2019 and where supply is rising fastest.
Read Real Estate · 10 minNew Construction Statistics (2026)
Building permits by metro and national housing starts — where new homes are being built in 2026, from Census data.
Read Real Estate · 9 minDays on Market Statistics (2026)
How long homes take to sell across U.S. metros — the fastest and slowest markets and how time on market is changing.
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Rental Property Statistics (2026)
Gross rental yields and rent-to-price data across hundreds of U.S. metros, computed from WealthyBud's real estate dataset.
Read Real Estate · 8 minReal Estate Investor Statistics (2026)
Investor Score rankings, inventory trends and price-cut activity across WealthyBud's scored U.S. housing markets.
Read Real Estate · 9 minRent Statistics (2026)
Median rents and HUD fair market rents across U.S. metros — the most and least expensive rental markets and how much income rent takes.
Read Real Estate · 9 minRental Vacancy Statistics (2026)
U.S. rental vacancy rates since 1956 and by metro, and how vacancy compares with homeowner vacancy and rental yields.
Read Real Estate · 9 minHomeownership Statistics (2026)
The U.S. homeownership rate over time, by age, region and race, from the Census Bureau's Housing Vacancy Survey.
Read Real Estate · 9 minRent vs. Buy Statistics (2026)
Is it cheaper to rent or buy? Monthly ownership costs versus median rent across U.S. metros at today's mortgage rate.
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Migration Statistics (2026)
Where Americans are moving — net migration and the income that moves with it, by metro, from IRS tax-return data.
Read Real Estate · 10 minPopulation Growth Statistics (2026)
The fastest-growing and shrinking U.S. metros over five years, from Census ACS data, and how growth links to housing supply and prices.
Read Real Estate · 9 minNatural Disaster Risk Statistics (2026)
FEMA National Risk Index scores for U.S. housing markets — the riskiest metros, the hazards behind them and expected annual losses.
Read Real Estate · 9 minJob Growth and Housing Statistics (2026)
Job growth across U.S. metros from BLS payroll data, and how employment trends line up with home prices and migration.
Read Real Estate · 9 minReal Estate Agent Statistics (2026)
Real estate agent pay by state from BLS wage data, state pre-license education hours, and how many agents and Realtors there are.
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