Puerto Rico house price index, seasonally adjusted (Q1 1995=100)
Economics Team | August, 29, 2020
Puerto Rico
Federal Housing Finance Agency
Real estate price trend in Puerto Rico. We use the Federal Housing Finance Agency quarterly purchase-only house price index for Puerto Rico. Estudios Tecnicos Inc., a consulting firm, publish a quarterly Construction and Sales activity report (subscription-only).
House price changes in Pueto Rico, nominal and inflation-adjusted ('real')
% change over a year earlier
Puerto Rico
Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency
Quarterly Change in house prices
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
| 2020 | -2.18 | 3.71 | ||
| 2019 | 3.78 | 3.16 | -1.57 | -4.3 |
| 2018 | -5.97 | -8.18 | -1.61 | 7.52 |
| 2017 | 2.68 | -9.55 | 6.02 | 12.56 |
| 2016 | 0.68 | 3.26 | -1.78 | -6.55 |
| 2015 | 0.76 | -2.13 | 4.24 | -5.77 |
| 2014 | -6.27 | -0.74 | -9.46 | 5.83 |
| 2013 | 11.31 | -12.3 | 5.1 | 0.28 |
| 2012 | -1.84 | -0.65 | 0.16 | -2.66 |
| 2011 | -3.29 | 1.21 | -2.55 | -0.66 |
| 2010 | -7.23 | 0.31 | 3.2 | -5.85 |
| 2009 | -3.28 | -4.38 | -1.23 | 6.79 |
| 2008 | 2.34 | -8.66 | -1.34 | 4.38 |
| 2007 | 2.09 | 3.44 | -3.18 | -3 |
| 2006 | -2.01 | -1.06 | 1.6 | -2.9 |
| 2005 | 3.25 | -3.42 | -4.24 | 6.23 |
| 2004 | 1.18 | -0.85 | 3.21 | 0.2 |
| 2003 | -2.57 | 4.23 | -0.66 | 0.79 |
| 2002 | 1.84 | -0.53 | 1.65 | 1.98 |
| 2001 | 3.6 | -0.79 | 0.31 | 3.58 |
| 2000 | -2.64 | 3.64 | 1.92 | -0.95 |
| 1999 | 2.98 | -1.33 | 3.75 | 0.24 |
| 1998 | 4.29 | 3.04 | 2.73 | 2.7 |
| 1997 | -0.97 | 3.18 | 5.54 | -5.33 |
| 1996 | 0.29 | 0.36 | 0.46 | 0.89 |
| 1995 | -0.78 | 2.15 | 1.83 |
This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation.
Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in value of housing than the usual nominal figures cited in the newspapers.
