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title: "Americans Expecting Local Housing Prices to Climb"
description: "That's the percentage of Americans who think local housing prices will climb in the next few years, down from 62% in June."
date: "2007-10-17"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/10/17/americans-expecting-local-housing-prices-to-climb/"
---

# Americans Expecting Local Housing Prices to Climb

Overall, 53% of Americans think local housing prices will climb in the next few years, down from 62% in June, while the number expecting prices to fall has increased from 28% to 36%. Market predictions differ by the value of housing near where a person lives. In metropolitan areas where the median single-family home sells for $300,000 or more, nearly as many people believe prices will go down (45%) in coming years as say prices will go up (47%). By comparison, most people in metropolitan areas where home prices are lower foresee at least modest gains in housing values [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/611/economic-pessimism)