https://houseregrets.com/updates/House Regrets: housing data updatesWhat changed each month in US mortgage rates, rent, home prices by metro, HUD Fair Market Rents and Census median home values, computed from public data.2026-10-01T00:00:00ZHouse Regretshttps://houseregrets.com/https://houseregrets.com/updates/2026-10/Home prices, rents and mortgage rates: October 20262026-10-01T00:00:00ZThe 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.28% in October 2026 so far, up 0.42 points from September 2026.https://houseregrets.com/updates/2026-09/Home prices, rents and mortgage rates: September 20262026-09-24T00:00:00ZThe 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.