U.S. Housing Confidence Survey™

The U.S. Housing Confidence Survey™ (HCS) was developed by Pulsenomics to facilitate the systematic measurement and reporting of consumer confidence in the U.S. housing market. HCS is unique among all consumer housing and economic confidence surveys because it is the only one that:

  • Gauges household attitudes concerning homeownership and prevailing market conditions at national, regional, and metropolitan area levels
  • Quantifies homeownership aspirations, affordability, near- and long-term home value expectations
  • Provides attitudinal data concerning the local real estate market where respondents reside
  • Via The U.S. Housing Confidence IndexTM (HCI), enables consistent and concise reporting of survey results for easy public consumption and comprehension
  • Enables production of reliable indexes and custom analyses for key household subgroups--e.g., homeowners, renters, millennials
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Robert Shiller

Yale Professor, Nobel Laureate and Pulsenomics Honorary Adviser

"This survey... will add immeasurably to our understanding of housing markets, with unprecedented detailed information through time and across geographical areas. We have always been mostly in the dark about fundamental drivers of home prices–now that will change.”

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Karl "Chip" Case

Wellesley College Professor Emeritus and Pulsenomics Honorary Adviser (deceased)

"Over the last three decades, we have learned a great deal about the dynamics of home prices. Our research shows that real estate values have enormous wealth effects, but the markets are inefficient, and are propelled by expectations of market participants. These housing confidence data are critical inputs to our understanding of consumer behavior, and where real estate markets and the economy may be heading."

Pulsenomics®, Housing Confidence Index™, Homeowner Confidence Index™, Renter Confidence Index™, Transaction Sentiment Index™, Housing Confidence Survey™, Home Price Expectations Survey™, and Animal Spirits Survey™ are trademarks of Pulsenomics LLC.

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National, Regional, and MSA-specific Coverage

HCS is administered to more than 15,000 U.S. households across the United States. Pulsenomics compiles and analyzes survey responses in completed questionnaires collected from representative samples of 3,000 households nationwide, plus 500 households from each of 25 of the largest metropolitan areas.  

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Housing Attitudes Explorer

Attitude Explorer

Analyze response data from the U.S. Housing Confidence Survey

Discover and compare prevailing sentiments and multi-year attitudinal trends by:

  • Metro market
  • Tenure (e.g., renters, owners)
  • Generation (e.g., millennials)
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Home Value Expectations

Home Value Expectations

For corporations, government institutions, researchers, and the media

Request a customized home value expectations data set for any combination of markets and population cohorts. 

  • Short-term and long-term expectations
  • Data tables and time series
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Cross-Tab Reports

Cross-Tab Reports

For corporations, government institutions, researchers, and the media

Request HCS microdata time series and/or cross-tab analysis reports to take a deeper dive into housing sentiment trends and demographic data for any combination of:

  • Metro markets
  • Population cohorts
  • Survey questions
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