Research · Real Estate
Real Estate statistics for investors (2026)
WealthyBud publishes 27 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.
Read Real Estate · 9 minHousing Market by State Statistics (2026)
State-by-state housing statistics for 2026 — median list prices, price growth, days on market, rental yields and property taxes.
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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.
Read Real Estate · 9 minHome Equity Statistics (2026)
U.S. home equity in 2026: total owner equity, equity share of home value, mortgage debt, payment burden, delinquency and HELOC balances, from Fed data.
Read Real Estate · 9 minForeclosure Statistics (2026)
U.S. foreclosure statistics for 2026: new foreclosures per quarter, mortgage delinquency, foreclosures by age and state, and how today compares with 2009, from Federal Reserve data.
Read Real Estate · 10 minHousehold Debt Statistics (2026)
U.S. household debt statistics for 2026: total debt, mortgage and credit card balances, new borrowing, delinquency, debt by age and by state, from New York Fed credit-report data.
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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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