{
  "query": {
    "country": "US",
    "town": "United States",
    "property_type": "new"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "per home",
    "value": 400400,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 400400,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-09-01",
    "to": "2026-09-30"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "median",
    "reference_period": "2026-09",
    "note": "This is the national median for NEW houses sold, not for existing homes, and not for any state, city or ZIP code. For a town in Connecticut, New York City, Cook County IL or Washington, DC, name the town."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-30T09:45:59.876Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "us-census-new-home-sales",
    "name": "Sales Price of New Privately-Owned Houses Sold, United States (Census Bureau New Residential Sales)",
    "publisher": "U.S. Census Bureau (New Residential Sales survey, with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)",
    "licence": "Creative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication): the Census Bureau's own dataset metadata for the New Residential Sales indicator (https://api.census.gov/data/timeseries/eits/ressales) states license \"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/\", accessLevel \"public\". The Bureau's citation policy asks users to cite the Census Bureau as the source of the original data only.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.census.gov/about/policies/citation.html",
    "attribution": "Source: U.S. Census Bureau, New Residential Sales (Sales Price of New Privately-Owned Houses Sold), reference month stated in each answer. Figures are passed on as published; the percentage changes are calculated by ProofPrice and are not the Census Bureau's. This is not an endorsement by the Census Bureau.",
    "url": "https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/index.html"
  },
  "method": "The Census Bureau's New Residential Sales survey: the median sales price of new privately-owned houses sold in the United States in the latest month the Bureau has published, from its own file price_cust.xlsx. A published median, rounded by the Bureau to the nearest hundred dollars; the percentage changes are calculated by ProofPrice.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The median sales price of new houses sold in the United States in September 2026 was US$400,400 (average US$472,800). That is 3.9% below September 2025 (US$416,800). Against August 2026 it is up 3.9%. The newest month is preliminary and is revised by the Census Bureau. Official median published by U.S. Census Bureau (New Residential Sales survey, with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) for 2026-09.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "geography": "United States",
    "reference_month": "2026-09",
    "reference_period_label": "September 2026",
    "property_kind": "new privately-owned houses sold",
    "average_sales_price": 472800,
    "previous_month": {
      "reference_period": "2026-08",
      "median": 385400,
      "change_percent": 3.9
    },
    "year_earlier": {
      "reference_period": "2025-09",
      "median": 416800,
      "average": 506800,
      "change_percent": -3.9
    },
    "last_full_year": {
      "year": "2025",
      "median": 417400,
      "average": 523800
    },
    "series": [
      {
        "reference_period": "2025-10",
        "median": 404200,
        "average": 523400
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2025-11",
        "median": 402500,
        "average": 537900
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2025-12",
        "median": 429100,
        "average": 540300
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-01",
        "median": 416200,
        "average": 512600
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-02",
        "median": 412000,
        "average": 524600
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-03",
        "median": 398700,
        "average": 510200
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-04",
        "median": 415700,
        "average": 498900
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-05",
        "median": 414300,
        "average": 527600
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-06",
        "median": 410200,
        "average": 499400
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-07",
        "median": 394200,
        "average": 524300
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-08",
        "median": 385400,
        "average": 470800
      },
      {
        "reference_period": "2026-09",
        "median": 400400,
        "average": 472800
      }
    ],
    "definition": "Median sales price of new privately-owned houses sold, United States, in dollars (Census Bureau New Residential Sales). Newest months are preliminary and revised.",
    "file": "https://www.census.gov/construction/nrs/xls/price_cust.xlsx",
    "published": "2026-10-27"
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_14a8b2c11e34d23731f0",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T09:45:59.876Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published median",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2026-09-30",
  "data_age_days": 30,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure (an average, median, index or listed price) with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote."
  ]
}