Community survey data America Census Bureau five years 2005~2009 display, a total of housing (including individual residential and apartment unit) 100000000 27700000 sets, the purchase of residential 75320000 sets, 37290000 sets of rental housing, 15090000 sets of vacant, the vacancy rate of 11.8%. The median price of $185400 purchase of housing, the property buyers loans for the month average $1486. Calculated using these data and the national population, the average cost of non residential vacant for 2.68 people. another authoritative America National Association of home builders released the latest data, in 2010 November the national housing sales price year-on-year decline in median of $213000, 2.7%; the average sales price of $268700 year-on-year drop. The second-hand housing sales price was $171300, down 1.2% over the same period, the average sales price of $220100, down 3.9% yoy.

These data give us a rough idea. Now let us have a look the situation of various regions, add a bit of perceptual knowledge.

According to the state of Hawaii the most expensive, the median price of $520000, second in California, $480000. Then as the eastern state of New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Lanzhou, Mali and the western state of Washington, Nevada, house prices from nearly 300000 to 400000. Then a dozen states including Florida, Colorado and Washington state, Virginia, the median price in the 200000 to 250000. Prices hovering in the national median on the eastern Pennsylvania, North Carolina, West Central Wisconsin, Michigan, and Montana, new mexico. Below the national median mainly concentrated in the Mississippi Valley agricultural area, known as the "old industrial zone corrosion zone", where the Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma and West Virginia are less than 100000, the surprise is the USA petroleum industry and information technology in Texas, the median price was less than 120000 dollars.

This is the average result size city and country towns, if care is metropolitan area, area difference is bigger. See the following data:
 The San Francisco Bay area the most expensive, $665000
 Losangeles area, $555000
 Honolulu area, close to $540000
 Santiago area, nearly $520000
 The greater New York area, including Long Island, northern New Jersey, and other places, close to $450000
 Greater Washington area, slightly more than $420000
 The Boston area, close to $390000
 Seattle area, $350000
 Miami area, slightly higher than the $270000
 Chicago area, $250000
 The Greater Philadelphia area, less than $240000
 Orlando, $223000
 New Orleans area, $170000
 Detroit area, $163000
 Houston area, $135000

If we take the view then narrow, with a metropolitan area also has great difference in different sections.

In the San Francisco Bay Area as an example, almost the entire West Bay, covering most parts of the city of San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the median price of around $1000000, but in the East Bay, in addition to around California University Berkeley campus, half price in most regions only West bay. downtown Oakland Merritt lake house at least 100 to 1500000, two bedroom apartment to loss, these are fifty or sixty years or even longer, but the maintenance of good old. But in the short distance south of belonging to the same county of Hayward, a 10 year new two storey tall house, 3 bedroom 2.5 Wei double garage, living area of 160 square meters, a small community of 6 families, from the mall to drive less than 5 minutes, belongs to a safe and quiet location, for only 350000.

Then have a look New York, if you like excitement, willing to live on the island of Manhattan, where the median price of $800000. The median area around Central Park was more than $1000000, of which the upper east side facing the park or the East River high-grade apartment buildings, two bedroom apartment 3 million dollar value very ordinary. But the island also has a part of the section of house prices in 400000 or even lower, $300000 can buy a set of apartment.

If you prefer quiet, home to across the East River in Long Island area, so similar to the large neck (Great Neck) or Oyster Bay (Oyster Bay) this North high-grade community median prices in the $1000000, one area of an acre (about 5 mu) of luxury at every turn to price millions of millions of. But some community of southern coastal, for example South Oyster Bay, four hundred thousand single family homes on the lot, cooperative apartment there is about $200000. monthly payments and other payments added up to no more than your monthly disposable income of 30% is likely to obtain a loan, so the salaried class especially dual career families, if you have some savings, can get Shoufu, even in the San Francisco Bay area or greater New York area as the national capital, also can afford.

Another point to note is, buy new houses in the American developers, are generally good decoration, including indoor and outdoor courtyard lawn. Floor or carpet, fixed lamps, the closet shelf, bathtub, toilet table, refrigerator, oven dishwasher, stove kitchen lampblack machine, hot water heating and air-conditioning machine and other supporting facilities are complete. These facilities also include sales, some sellers to easy to dispose of, also in order to maintain the price, often will be commissioned in the sale of the house before re take over, the repair, the change change, and some also paint. So as long as you have a bed, if not hit the floor also, can live in and then slowly put it dressed as your warm home.