County pages
Show direct county observations for each of the four signals.
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U.S. Housing Stability Intelligence
September 2026 Conditions Edition
This release keeps current, source-backed county observations beside the published 2024 Score Edition. It does not refresh the score, change rankings, or forecast where home prices are headed.
Edition scope
Four signals · Exact source periods · County-based coverage
Edition date: 2026-09-06
September 2026 Conditions Edition
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How to read this release
County pages
Show direct county observations for each of the four signals.
City pages
Show the named parent county as context. County permits and HPI are never presented as city measurements.
State and U.S. pages
Aggregate county observations and disclose how many counties contribute to each signal.
September 2026 Conditions Edition
These four releases provide current context alongside the 2024 Score Edition. They are not combined into a new composite score.
Edition date 2026-09-06
HUD
County-level two-bedroom rent benchmark and year-over-year comparison.
A benchmark, not an asking-rent series or a rent forecast.
FHFA
County annual house-price movement context.
A county movement signal, not a prediction of future home prices.
CENSUS
Matched county housing-stock and population change from 2020 to 2025.
Coverage is limited to counties with both matched vintages.
CENSUS_BPS
Estimated permitted housing units per 1,000 existing homes.
Permits indicate proposed construction activity, not completed housing stock.
Interpretation boundary
Use these observations to understand recent rent benchmarks, house-price movement, housing-stock change, and permit activity. The 2024 Score Edition remains the published structural measure until a fully documented future score edition is released.
September 2026 Conditions Edition
These four source-backed observations are current conditions context. They do not create a new score, change a ranking, or forecast a housing market.
County-level aggregation
The United States combines direct county observations; coverage counts show the counties contributing to each signal.
Coverage: rent 3136/3136, house prices 2791/3136, housing stock 3136/3136, permits 3017/3136 counties.
Rent benchmark
$1,071
+41 (+4.2%) from the prior benchmark.
FY 2027 HUD FMR · 3136/3136 county coverage
House-price movement
+3.5%
Annual county movement; it does not forecast future prices.
2025 FHFA county HPI annual change · 2791/3136 county coverage
Housing stock
+5.3%
+5.3% housing stock and +3.1% population from 2020 to 2025.
2020–2025 Census Vintage · 3136/3136 county coverage
Permitted units
9.7
1,427,918 estimated permitted units in 2025; permits are not completed homes.
2025 Census BPS annual estimated units · 3017/3136 county coverage