Housing data updates
Each page covers one month of the public data this site is built on: the 30-year mortgage rate, rent in the consumer price index, and any new FHFA home price quarter, HUD Fair Market Rents or Census median home values. The newest is first.
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October 2026
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.28% in October 2026 so far, up 0.42 points from September 2026.
September 2026
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.86% in September 2026, up 0.19 points from August 2026. Rent in the consumer price index rose 2.7% over the year to August 2026. In FHFA’s index for 2026 Q2, the median metro’s home prices rose 3.3% over the year, with increases in 361 of 410 metros. HUD’s 2-bedroom Fair Market Rents for fiscal 2027 rose 1.9% in the median metro from fiscal 2026. The Census Bureau’s survey for 2024 puts the US median home value at $360,600.
House figures are estimates for the whole metro market, from the FHFA index. Not financial advice.