I require the average annual rent for the United States for single
family (or 1 unit) rental units from 1972 to 2001. The answer to this
question/request could be in the form of a website link to the data,
or a data set that I can use for data analysis.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 23 Feb 2003 07:07 PST

Hello maysonfsu-ga,

I have located a table of median asking rent of new rental units in
the U.S. from 1970-2001. Would this data interest you?

Thanks
--Bobbie7-ga

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Clarification of Question by maysonfsu-ga on 23 Feb 2003 10:44 PST

To Bobbie7-ga:

Yes, the median rent would work.

Thank you!!

Period 	Median Asking Rent 
1970 	      $188 
1971 	      $187 
1972 	      $191 
1973        $191 
1974 	      $197 
1975 	      $211 
1976 	      $219 
1977 	      $232 
1978        $251 
1979 	      $272 
1980 	      $308 
1981 	      $347 
1982 	      $385 
1983 	      $386 
1984 	      $393 
1985        $432 
1986 	      $457 
1987 	      $517 
1988 	      $550 
1989 	      $590 
1990 	      $600 
1991 	      $614 
1992 	      $586 
1993 	      $573 
1994 	      $576 
1995 	      $655 
1996 	      $672 
1997 	      $724 
1998 	      $734 
1999 	      $791 
2000 	      $841 
2000 
2nd Quarter 	$872 
3rd Quarter 	$840 
4th Quarter 	$864 
2001 
1st Quarter 	$888 
2nd Quarter 	$873

Source: 
Historical Data: U.S. Housing Market Conditions
Table 12: Market Absorption of New Rental Units and Median Asking
Rent: 1970–Present
http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/ushmc/fall2001/histdat12.htm


There are thirty tables that provide historical housing data that you
may review here:
http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/ushmc/fall2001/toc.html


U.S. Housing Market Conditions is published quarterly by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy
Development and Research.
http://www.huduser.org/periodicals/ushmc/fall2001/index.html


Search Criteria:
“average rent” “single family” “historic data”


Thank you for your question and I hope this response has provided you
with the information you were seeking.


Best Regards,
Bobbie7-ga

Good work...thanks!!   I found all the other data for my project, but
this one gave me trouble for some reason.