The document summarizes trends in US house prices and disposable income from 1990 to 2017. It shows that from 1990 to 2006, house prices grew much faster than disposable income, with the largest divergence occurring between 1998 and 2006. However, during the Great Recession, house prices dropped dramatically, falling by over 17% between 2006 and 2009, while disposable income continued growing. Since the recession, house prices and income have both increased, though house prices still have not returned to pre-recession growth rates relative to income.

1. DataPost
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Education & Outreach
The Housing Boom
Home Prices Outpaced Income Gains
Date last updated: December 8, 2017

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1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
House Prices and Disposable Income
Year-over-Year Percent Change, through 2017:Q3
DataPost
CoreLogic National
House Price Index
Disposable
Personal Income
Sources: CoreLogic & Bureau of Economic Analysis
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1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
DataPost
CoreLogic National
House Price Index
Disposable
Personal Income
Sources: CoreLogic & Bureau of Economic Analysis
Annotated Chart Notes
House Prices and Disposable Income
Year-over-Year Percent Change, through 2017:Q3
Income across U.S.
households, less taxes paid
A data series that tracks
single-family residential
home values across the U.S.
= 100 x (2017:Q3-2016:Q3)
2016:Q3
2009:Q1
-17.2%
2006:Q2
House Prices = 9.4%
Disposable Income = 7.1%
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4. What Do You Think?
1. What happened to the growth rates of disposable income and
house prices from 1992:Q3 to 1993:Q3?
2. Between 1990 and 1997, which grew faster: disposable income
or house prices?
3. Between 1998 and 2006, which grew faster: disposable income
or house prices?
4. What was the percentage point difference in house price growth
between the peak in 2005 and the bottom in 2009?
5. How would you describe the trends in house prices and
disposable income since the Great Recession ended?
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Learn more about house prices during the
Great Recession at FRBSF.org
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