2015 American Housing Survey Statistics for Selected Metropolitan Areas

"This release of statistics from the 2015 American Housing Survey includes summary tables for the 15 largest metropolitan areas and 10 additional metropolitan areas. 

The 2015 American Housing Survey examined many characteristics, including:  

• Housing costs for owners and renters.
• Remodeling and repair frequency.
• Reasons for moving.

Additionally, the latest survey data provide statistics about:  

• Food insecurity.
• Health and safety hazards in the home.
• Use of housing counseling services.

Use the AHS Table Creator at census.gov to build customized tables showing housing characteristics for your metropolitan area...."
Housing statistics

Characteristics of New Housing: 2013

 "This page provides national, annual data on the characteristics of new privately-owned residential structures, such as square footage, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, type of wall material, and sales prices. Many characteristics are available at the region level. The data are from the Survey of Construction (SOC), which is partially funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)..."
 New Housing

Home Value and Homeownership Rates: Recession and Post-Recession Comparisons From 2007–2009 to 2010–2012

"This report examines the differences in the median home value and homeownership rate across different geographies during and after the recession of 2007 through 2009. The data used in this report are from a 3-year period roughly encompassing part of the 2007–2009 recession and the 3 years following the recent recession (2010 through 2012) collected in the American Community Survey (ACS).."
Homeownership

House Price Index for the United States (USSTHPI)
A quarterly index of housing prices for the United States from 1975 to July 2010.

Housing Unit Statitics
A report of the U.S. Census Bureau provides housing units for states for the years April 1, 2000 through July 1, 2008. In addition, included are the top 100 fastest growing counties with 5000 or more housing units for April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008.

The Outlook for Housing Starts, 2009 to 2012
"...This background paper examines the various factors that have determined the number of housing starts in the United States in the past and will continue to determine it in the future. Those factors include the underlying demand for new housing units, especially the role of demographics; cyclical and financial conditions, such as unemployment rates and lending standards; and the number of excess vacant units. CBO expects that housing starts will fall far enough below underlying demand for a long enough period to eliminate the current glut of vacant units and any temporary shortfall of demand due to adverse cyclical and financial conditions; this paper presents three alternative scenarios that could achieve that outcome. In keeping with CBO’s mandate to provide objective, nonpartisan analysis, this paper makes no policy recommendations..."